diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 23da7a1be284faa6e7ed42c7db1949f1bc76547f..ce17b51515b080f9e3ac4d51f707ea9e1762f7a0 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+python-numpy (1:1.16.2-2) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
+
+  * Use debhelper-compat instead of debian/compat.
+
+ -- Ondřej Nový <onovy@debian.org>  Sat, 20 Jul 2019 00:06:17 +0200
+
 python-numpy (1:1.16.2-1) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * New upstream release
diff --git a/debian/compat b/debian/compat
deleted file mode 100644
index b4de3947675361a7770d29b8982c407b0ec6b2a0..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/debian/compat
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-11
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 5a547b6ed5b0e06812e8962b5061059a3029ae8b..1a8993e9e09065583c6f841747a22c90762152c2 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Priority: optional
 Maintainer: Sandro Tosi <morph@debian.org>
 Uploaders: Debian Python Modules Team <python-modules-team@lists.alioth.debian.org>
 Build-Depends: cython (>= 0.26-2.1),
-               debhelper (>= 11),
+               debhelper-compat (= 11),
                dh-python,
                gfortran (>= 4:4.2),
                libblas-dev [!arm !m68k],