diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index c9b6dd9154c60f8586d5ff2ad35b2a26a570bf4a..d59b1b066739ada554d2bb474f6cf9f5e0456100 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 python-xstatic-jquery.tablesorter (2.14.5.1-5) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
 
   * d/control: Use team+openstack@tracker.debian.org as maintainer
+  * Use debhelper-compat instead of debian/compat.
 
  -- Ondřej Nový <onovy@debian.org>  Fri, 03 Aug 2018 06:17:36 +0200
 
diff --git a/debian/compat b/debian/compat
deleted file mode 100644
index ec635144f60048986bc560c5576355344005e6e7..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/debian/compat
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-9
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 885156a06cb5413e96c12587becfc776c9556777..4b808bd886b49b4f6dcaa57650776fc3428b903a 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Maintainer: Debian OpenStack <team+openstack@tracker.debian.org>
 Uploaders:
  Thomas Goirand <zigo@debian.org>,
 Build-Depends:
- debhelper (>= 9),
+ debhelper-compat (= 9),
  dh-python,
  openstack-pkg-tools (>= 75~),
  python3-all,