diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 6f51ee1..a77851d 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
                flex (>= 2.5.34),
                dpkg-dev (>= 1.15.1),
                perl-doc,
-               libxml2-dev,
                libgirepository1.0-dev (>= 0.9.12-4~),
                gobject-introspection (>= 0.9.12-4~),
                gir1.2-glib-2.0,