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 ccbbeb9bcb88dbe0a2cd94eb3e6f35f8877d1fca..a76509980941c187f18d60145790e5ebad9818ca 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Source: apache-exporter
 Section: admin
 Priority: optional
 Maintainer: Autistici/Inventati <debian@autistici.org>
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 12~), golang-go, dh-golang
+Build-Depends: debhelper-compat (= 12), golang-go, dh-golang
 Standards-Version: 3.9.6
 
 Package: apache-exporter