diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 3e863708b5faab4fef655c625b233448beef6461..16adf1fab8b2ef68d16b258a4813c9deca16b22a 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 python-numpy (1:1.16.5-4) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
 
   * Dont run unittests for python2 binary, to reduce pytest rdeps
+  * Drop docutils from b-d, no longer needed
 
- -- Sandro Tosi <morph@debian.org>  Sun, 12 Apr 2020 23:40:04 -0400
+ -- Sandro Tosi <morph@debian.org>  Mon, 13 Apr 2020 00:29:03 -0400
 
 python-numpy (1:1.16.5-3) unstable; urgency=medium
 
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 1181583c875c1e553e3afd4b7cb3ca1bc0c5873c..2c2be11153922384f494ee3d36f4e638ce612fff 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ Build-Depends: cython (>= 0.26-2.1),
                python2.7-dev (>= 2.7.14~rc1-1),
                python-all-dbg,
                python-all-dev,
-               python-docutils,
                python-setuptools,
                python-tz,
                python3-tz,