diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 37ce50e92ca76f5cc5011f9d79cb286c20852b5f..f79cf39aa907a3ea05e7f2b813390172baaa28b2 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ java-xmlbuilder (0.4-2.1) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
 
   * Non-maintainer upload.
   * Removed the -java-doc package
+  * Build with the DH sequencer instead of CDBS
   * Use salsa.debian.org Vcs-* URLs
   * Standards-Version updated to 4.7.0
   * Switch to debhelper level 13
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index bfd96b0ea7a90a6eff8aeb8ba37c6e7fc5b88aef..5564ec00a9bb067919e25514e2d3af208c29bb7c 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ Priority: optional
 Maintainer: Debian Java Maintainers <pkg-java-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org>
 Uploaders: James Page <james.page@ubuntu.com>
 Build-Depends:
- cdbs,
  debhelper-compat (= 13),
  default-jdk,
  junit,
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index c75efdfb711b4973aba9c1ccae914ce704c87e44..2d33f6ac8992b7da84b39a5bca0742c4962d3349 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 #!/usr/bin/make -f
 
-include /usr/share/cdbs/1/rules/debhelper.mk
-include /usr/share/cdbs/1/class/maven.mk
-
-JAVA_HOME := /usr/lib/jvm/default-java
+%:
+	dh $@