diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index ff5aead2eb1ae2a4f59b024751ed9ff26659cf54..4da9de177999ec4de578428cb66349f5e9c12841 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 liblayout (0.2.10-5) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
 
   * Team upload.
+  * Removed the unused dependency on libjakarta-poi-java
   * Changed the section from libs to java
   * Standards-Version updated to 4.5.1
   * Switch to debhelper level 13
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 1e7d5166f4ec5b0270d2bbf6bb7e485cbcc52a59..617e3d64d4ac7ff2eb39cc4878a7930112b32d83 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ Build-Depends:
  libflute-java,
  libfonts-java (>= 0.3.2),
  libitext-java,
- libjakarta-poi-java,
  libjcommon-java (>= 1.0.10),
  libloader-java,
  librepository-java,
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 39bb16a94a512256fbff7cbb28bcfd0e50cf1727..236befeaee3a4c60e4a0a72bf974708abfe70fd6 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # debian/rules file for libformat-java
 
 export JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/default-java
-export CLASSPATH=/usr/share/ant/lib/ant-launcher.jar:/usr/share/java/jcommon.jar:/usr/share/java/itext.jar:/usr/share/java/jakarta-poi.jar:/usr/share/java/libxml.jar:/usr/share/java/libfonts.jar:/usr/share/java/libloader.jar:/usr/share/java/sac.jar:/usr/share/java/librepository.jar:/usr/share/java/libbase.jar:/usr/share/java/commons-logging.jar:/usr/share/java/flute.jar
+export CLASSPATH=/usr/share/ant/lib/ant-launcher.jar:/usr/share/java/jcommon.jar:/usr/share/java/itext.jar:/usr/share/java/libxml.jar:/usr/share/java/libfonts.jar:/usr/share/java/libloader.jar:/usr/share/java/sac.jar:/usr/share/java/librepository.jar:/usr/share/java/libbase.jar:/usr/share/java/commons-logging.jar:/usr/share/java/flute.jar
 
 DEB_UPSTREAM_VERSION := 0.2.10
 
@@ -20,5 +20,5 @@ override_dh_auto_clean:
 override_dh_auto_install:
 	install -m 644 build/lib/liblayout.jar debian/liblayout-java/usr/share/java/liblayout-$(DEB_UPSTREAM_VERSION).jar
 	ln -s liblayout-$(DEB_UPSTREAM_VERSION).jar debian/liblayout-java/usr/share/java/liblayout.jar
-	jh_classpath -pliblayout-java --classpath="/usr/share/java/jcommon.jar /usr/share/java/itext.jar /usr/share/java/poi.jar /usr/share/java/flute.jar /usr/share/java/libfonts.jar /usr/share/java/libloader.jar /usr/share/java/libxml.jar /usr/share/java/sac.jar /usr/share/java/librepository.jar" debian/liblayout-java/usr/share/java/liblayout-$(DEB_UPSTREAM_VERSION).jar
+	jh_classpath -pliblayout-java --classpath="/usr/share/java/jcommon.jar /usr/share/java/itext.jar /usr/share/java/flute.jar /usr/share/java/libfonts.jar /usr/share/java/libloader.jar /usr/share/java/libxml.jar /usr/share/java/sac.jar /usr/share/java/librepository.jar" debian/liblayout-java/usr/share/java/liblayout-$(DEB_UPSTREAM_VERSION).jar
 	jh_depends