diff --git a/debian/control.in b/debian/control.in
index 7d94e3bed4776e9fc0ad3712ae79fe7b734fa3b5..0d0e0c847f29c1ffdb42e199769023d5c520ca5d 100644
--- a/debian/control.in
+++ b/debian/control.in
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ Build-Depends: apache2-dev (>= 2.4),
                libonig-dev,
                libpam0g-dev,
 	       libpcre2-dev (>= 10.30),
-               libpcre3-dev (>= 2:8.35),
                libpng-dev,
                libpq-dev,
                libpspell-dev,
@@ -85,7 +84,6 @@ Package: libapache2-mod-php@PHP_VERSION@
 Section: httpd
 Architecture: any
 Depends: libmagic1,
-         libpcre3 (>= 2:8.35),
          mime-support,
          php@PHP_VERSION@-cli,
          php@PHP_VERSION@-common (= ${binary:Version}),
@@ -113,7 +111,6 @@ Description: server-side, HTML-embedded scripting language (Apache 2 module)
 Package: libphp@PHP_VERSION@-embed
 Architecture: any
 Depends: libmagic1,
-         libpcre3 (>= 2:8.35),
          mime-support,
          php@PHP_VERSION@-cli,
          php@PHP_VERSION@-common (= ${binary:Version}),
@@ -159,7 +156,6 @@ Description: server-side, HTML-embedded scripting language (metapackage)
 Package: php@PHP_VERSION@-cgi
 Architecture: any
 Depends: libmagic1,
-         libpcre3 (>= 2:8.35),
          mime-support,
          php@PHP_VERSION@-cli,
          php@PHP_VERSION@-common (= ${binary:Version}),
@@ -188,7 +184,6 @@ Package: php@PHP_VERSION@-cli
 Architecture: any
 Depends: libedit2 (>= 2.11-20080614-4),
          libmagic1,
-         libpcre3 (>= 2:8.35),
          mime-support,
          php@PHP_VERSION@-common (= ${binary:Version}),
          php@PHP_VERSION@-json,
@@ -214,7 +209,7 @@ Description: command-line interpreter for the PHP scripting language
 Package: php@PHP_VERSION@-dev
 Depends: autoconf (>= 2.63),
          automake (>= 1.11),
-         libpcre3-dev (>= 2:8.35),
+	 libpcre2-dev (>= 10.30),
          libssl-dev,
          php@PHP_VERSION@-cli (>= ${binary:Version}),
          php@PHP_VERSION@-common (= ${binary:Version}),
@@ -237,7 +232,6 @@ Description: Files for PHP@PHP_VERSION@ module development
 Package: php@PHP_VERSION@-fpm
 Architecture: any
 Depends: libmagic1,
-         libpcre3 (>= 2:8.35),
          mime-support,
          php@PHP_VERSION@-cli,
          php@PHP_VERSION@-common (= ${binary:Version}),
@@ -265,7 +259,6 @@ Description: server-side, HTML-embedded scripting language (FPM-CGI binary)
 Package: php@PHP_VERSION@-phpdbg
 Architecture: any
 Depends: libmagic1,
-         libpcre3 (>= 2:8.35),
          mime-support,
          php@PHP_VERSION@-cli,
          php@PHP_VERSION@-common (= ${binary:Version}),