diff --git a/debian/compat b/debian/compat
deleted file mode 100644
index ec635144f60048986bc560c5576355344005e6e7..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/debian/compat
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-9
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 4ce9e0b37abb02e4f0369e588f4c010883b6cbbe..f61f4857ac1fa3d5475f404fef919ee15a51d995 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Source: runcron
 Section: admin
 Priority: optional
 Maintainer: ale <ale@incal.net>
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9), dh-autoreconf
+Build-Depends: debhelper-compat (= 12)
 Standards-Version: 3.9.5
 
 Package: runcron
diff --git a/debian/copyright b/debian/copyright
index c3e13d5132bfb943f4f0920faba9fcd5d59096bc..24ef6967a4073d8879dd3fe74b548827ccd509f9 100644
--- a/debian/copyright
+++ b/debian/copyright
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Format: http://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/copyright-format/1.0/
+Format: https://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/copyright-format/1.0/
 Upstream-Name: runcron
 Source: <https://git.autistici.org/ale/runcron>
 
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 33a7f0627963dc0d038fbd02c50c6aaabe604f01..7633e7db61abb9fcdc8e12411aaee4999b978b52 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -19,14 +19,10 @@ export DEB_BUILD_MAINT_OPTIONS = hardening=+all
 
 # main packaging script based on dh7 syntax
 %:
-	dh $@ --with autoreconf
+	dh $@
 
 # debmake generated override targets
 # This is example for Cmake (See http://bugs.debian.org/641051 )
 #override_dh_auto_configure:
 #	dh_auto_configure -- \
 #	-DCMAKE_LIBRARY_PATH=$(DEB_HOST_MULTIARCH)
-
-
-
-