diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index efa4c98f2b00d55332b9da3be7d9b0f04af7e2bc..bd66396d0d81ee9a273ed94cf763590407ebeffc 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ Rules-Requires-Root: no
 Package: ruby-openid
 Architecture: all
 XB-Ruby-Versions: ${ruby:Versions}
-Depends: ruby | ruby-interpreter,
-         ruby-hmac,
+Depends: ruby-hmac,
+         ${ruby:Depends},
          ${misc:Depends},
          ${shlibs:Depends}
 Description: Ruby library for verifying and serving OpenID identities