diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index cc5b422e4c5b00f018de5d6171dea08ad86f5d02..7585adaaafc35ef5fa3a3f2550e4d165a1215870 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+python-virtualenv (15.1.0+ds-3) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
+
+  * Use debhelper-compat instead of debian/compat.
+
+ -- Ondřej Nový <onovy@debian.org>  Fri, 19 Jul 2019 23:56:47 +0200
+
 python-virtualenv (15.1.0+ds-2) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   [ Vincent Bernat ]
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 7dfa1dd35f40c071a9feabe43a4de6ac76e36136..daca2d6f60172d7888ac92b5e8f56437332c85a4 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Uploaders: Carl Chenet <chaica@ohmytux.com>,
 Homepage: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/virtualenv
 Vcs-Git: https://salsa.debian.org/python-team/modules/python-virtualenv.git
 Vcs-Browser: https://salsa.debian.org/python-team/modules/python-virtualenv
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9),
+Build-Depends: debhelper-compat (= 9),
                dh-python,
                dirtbike,
                python-all (>=2.6.6-3~),