diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index c537f2a39dd88eb692d1c6c7d680d048cd94f905..1c8049c7fe869723822fa3a1360b57d7d94faa0e 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 jnr-netdb (1.1.4-3) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
 
   * Team upload.
+  * Removed the unused dependency on libasm4-java
   * Build with the DH sequencer instead of CDBS
   * Standards-Version updated to 3.9.8
   * Use secure Vcs-* URLs
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 4b5862b923e1d1bae66ed6f2bca400b19ca84f09..4571712980cdbeae9cd88975aab762a0c6f09e79 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ Build-Depends-Indep:
  junit4,
  default-jdk-doc,
  libmaven-javadoc-plugin-java,
- libasm4-java,
  libjffi-java (>= 1.2.7~),
  libjnr-ffi-java,
  netbase
diff --git a/debian/maven.rules b/debian/maven.rules
index 7b1a94fc17d955688216811eed20769e58729ff6..949e555e3acbb092d460367fac568f4c19e953c2 100644
--- a/debian/maven.rules
+++ b/debian/maven.rules
@@ -18,4 +18,3 @@
 
 junit junit jar s/4\..*/4.x/ * *
 com.github.jnr jnr-netdb jar s/.*/debian/ * *
-s/asm/org.ow2.asm/ asm * s/.*/4.x/ * *