--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 # note: libexpat1-dev and libcurl-dev are only here because of pkg-config:
 # not directly needed for building upmpdcli
 Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9.0.0), dh-python, dh-systemd, dh-autoreconf,
-               autotools-dev, python, python3, pkg-config,
+               autotools-dev, python3, pkg-config,
                libmpdclient-dev, libmicrohttpd-dev,
                libupnpp4-dev, libupnp6-dev, libjsoncpp-dev,
                libexpat1-dev, libcurl-dev,
@@ -15,8 +15,7 @@
 
 Package: upmpdcli
 Architecture: any
-Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}, adduser, python, python3,
-  ${python:Depends}
+Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}, adduser, python3, ${python:Depends}
 Section: contrib/sound
 Description: UPnP Media Renderer front-end to MPD, the Music Player Daemon
  upmpdcli acts as an UPnP Media Renderer on the front-end so that you can