diff --git a/debian/compat b/debian/compat
deleted file mode 100644
index 48082f72f087ce7e6fa75b9c41d7387daecd447b..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/debian/compat
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-12
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index ddb8f505e8f95a84c4fc4ed986f7d6281fcc2ab3..702b59f1881b56deefc97112ed99c2c6554d8ad4 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Source: acmeserver
 Section: admin
 Priority: optional
 Maintainer: Autistici/Inventati <debian@autistici.org>
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 12~), golang-any (>= 1.11), dh-golang
+Build-Depends: debhelper-compat (= 12), golang-any (>= 1.11), dh-golang
 Standards-Version: 3.9.6
 
 Package: acmeserver