diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 6fa07453317410c25c6c83005d8b3f8266a9decf..5808776c347c4302d85749eb37849080daea23b7 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ Depends: ${java:Depends},
          ${misc:Depends},
          libclojure-java,
          libtools-analyzer-jvm-clojure,
-         leiningen,
 Recommends: ${java:Recommends}
 Description: asynchronous programming using channels for Clojure
  core.async is a Clojure library designed to provide facilities for async