diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 2e73e383ba537c22fafebdedc279ac2b7a9e7365..78a8b63effcfac236c8cb4756f57fc59a624a67a 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ node-d3-random (1.1.2-3) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
   * Use secure copyright file specification URI.
   * Strip unusual field spacing from debian/control.
   * Bump debhelper from old 11 to 12.
+  * Set debhelper-compat version in Build-Depends.
 
  -- Debian Janitor <janitor@jelmer.uk>  Thu, 09 Jan 2020 01:18:03 +0000
 
diff --git a/debian/compat b/debian/compat
deleted file mode 100644
index 48082f72f087ce7e6fa75b9c41d7387daecd447b..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/debian/compat
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-12
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 434acf10c6253cf181e347ccbdf54cdc598df3ee..6b6caf9a2a5ad8d390b349229b3133c5239c1927 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Priority: optional
 Maintainer: Debian Javascript Maintainers <pkg-javascript-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org>
 Uploaders: Pirate Praveen <praveen@debian.org>
 Build-Depends:
- debhelper (>= 12~)
+ debhelper-compat (= 12)
  , nodejs
  , rollup
  , uglifyjs.terser