diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index a97f018c1d27ce6d4e5f2e7ea56e31116d31d301..7c5a0bc70547742d6583894469fe3c21c76eab4e 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ Package: python3-easydev
 Architecture: all
 Depends: ${python3:Depends},
          ${misc:Depends},
-         python3-pkg-resources,
 Description: common utilities to ease the development of Python packages (Python 3)
  The package easydev provides miscellaneous functions that are often used in
  other Python packages. easydev should help developers in speeding up their