--- a/packaging/debian/control
+++ b/packaging/debian/control
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 Section: x11
 Priority: optional
 Maintainer: Jean-Francois Dockes <jean-francois.dockes@wanadoo.fr>
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 5), autotools-dev, libqt3-headers, libqt3-mt-dev, libxapian-dev, qt3-dev-tools
+Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 5), libqt3-headers, libqt3-mt-dev, qt3-dev-tools
 Standards-Version: 3.7.2
 
 Package: recoll