diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 91bceb08bcdfba93aa56fcd49b8b8e55fd0c9af6..3425b01d6dfadf1d876e65186c5f397343a95dfd 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ Build-Depends:
  python3-pygments <!nocheck>,
  python3-executing <!nocheck>,
  python3-asttokens <!nocheck>,
+ python3-littleutils <!nocheck>,
  python3-pure-eval <!nocheck>,
  cython3 <!nocheck>,
  python3-all-dev <!nocheck>,
diff --git a/debian/patches/0001-Patch-out-littleutils.patch b/debian/patches/0001-Patch-out-littleutils.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 3b0bfc140dad1f209ddd1b6ea08ba3d2d0f9512c..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/debian/patches/0001-Patch-out-littleutils.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,69 +0,0 @@
-From: Gordon Ball <gordon@chronitis.net>
-Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2022 16:18:01 +0000
-Subject: Patch out littleutils
-
-This is a personal utility library only used for some trivial IO functions, so we can avoid depending on it.
----
- setup.cfg      |  4 ++--
- tests/utils.py | 18 +++++++++++++-----
- 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
-
-diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
-index dc8b29b..cc16b3f 100644
---- a/setup.cfg
-+++ b/setup.cfg
-@@ -25,10 +25,10 @@ packages = stack_data
- install_requires = executing; asttokens; pure_eval
- setup_requires = setuptools>=44; setuptools_scm[toml]>=3.4.3
- include_package_data = True
--tests_require = pytest; typeguard; pygments; littleutils
-+tests_require = pytest; typeguard; pygments
- 
- [options.extras_require]
--tests = pytest; typeguard; pygments; littleutils; cython
-+tests = pytest; typeguard; pygments; cython
- 
- [coverage:run]
- relative_files = True
-diff --git a/tests/utils.py b/tests/utils.py
-index 7ba00e2..ac9d951 100644
---- a/tests/utils.py
-+++ b/tests/utils.py
-@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
- import os
- 
--from littleutils import string_to_file, file_to_string, json_to_file, file_to_json
-+import json
- 
- 
- def compare_to_file(text, name):
-@@ -10,9 +10,13 @@ def compare_to_file(text, name):
-         name + '.txt',
-     )
-     if os.environ.get('FIX_STACK_DATA_TESTS'):
--        string_to_file(text, filename)
-+        # string_to_file(text, filename)
-+        with open(filename, "w") as f:
-+            f.write(string)
-     else:
--        expected_output = file_to_string(filename)
-+        # expected_output = file_to_string(filename)
-+        with open(filename) as f:
-+            expected_output = f.read()
-         assert text == expected_output
- 
- 
-@@ -23,7 +27,11 @@ def compare_to_file_json(data, name):
-         name + '.json',
-     )
-     if os.environ.get('FIX_STACK_DATA_TESTS'):
--        json_to_file(data, filename, indent=4)
-+        # json_to_file(data, filename, indent=4)
-+        with open(filename) as f:
-+            json.dump(data, f, intent=4)
-     else:
--        expected_output = file_to_json(filename)
-+        # expected_output = file_to_json(filename)
-+        with open(filename) as f:
-+            expected_output = json.load(f)
-         assert data == expected_output
diff --git a/debian/patches/0002-Patch-out-typeguard.patch b/debian/patches/0002-Patch-out-typeguard.patch
index 74c60d4e143d6f8bcdca1a38a146f88dcd127a74..53cf3102af22573744c3ac3f07800f2e0a825b6e 100644
--- a/debian/patches/0002-Patch-out-typeguard.patch
+++ b/debian/patches/0002-Patch-out-typeguard.patch
@@ -9,19 +9,19 @@ The available version is too old for the usage here
  2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
 
 diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
-index cc16b3f..bbf1ff6 100644
+index 05f3dda..eec7437 100644
 --- a/setup.cfg
 +++ b/setup.cfg
-@@ -25,10 +25,10 @@ packages = stack_data
- install_requires = executing; asttokens; pure_eval
+@@ -29,10 +29,10 @@ install_requires =
+ 
  setup_requires = setuptools>=44; setuptools_scm[toml]>=3.4.3
  include_package_data = True
--tests_require = pytest; typeguard; pygments
-+tests_require = pytest; pygments
+-tests_require = pytest; typeguard; pygments; littleutils
++tests_require = pytest; pygments; littleutils
  
  [options.extras_require]
--tests = pytest; typeguard; pygments; cython
-+tests = pytest; pygments; cython
+-tests = pytest; typeguard; pygments; littleutils; cython
++tests = pytest; pygments; littleutils; cython
  
  [coverage:run]
  relative_files = True
diff --git a/debian/patches/series b/debian/patches/series
index f1176c50f9ed5691192bce756df10769e5077194..ce712f941256b8fdd80e55c05d25459b57b11190 100644
--- a/debian/patches/series
+++ b/debian/patches/series
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-0001-Patch-out-littleutils.patch
 0002-Patch-out-typeguard.patch