diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index eca604482c8dbbdac17dcaedbb27904ef4483444..46f3ec7bba264206f3579e31919d9af43ffc28c1 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 xfce4-eyes-plugin (4.5.1-2) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
 
   * Set upstream metadata fields: Bug-Submit (from ./configure).
+  * Update standards version to 4.5.1, no changes needed.
+  * Avoid explicitly specifying -Wl,--as-needed linker flag.
 
  -- Debian Janitor <janitor@jelmer.uk>  Mon, 13 Jul 2020 14:15:23 -0000
 
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 32fd703ceed76bd77468a9397630d3c1145b5de3..00e3fe7ad0fc2027117d0a219133d3278f40084a 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ Build-Depends: debhelper-compat (= 13),
  libxfce4ui-2-dev,
  xfce4-dev-tools
 Rules-Requires-Root: no
-Standards-Version: 4.5.0
+Standards-Version: 4.5.1
 Homepage: https://docs.xfce.org/panel-plugins/xfce4-eyes-plugin
 Vcs-Browser: https://salsa.debian.org/xfce-extras-team/xfce4-eyes-plugin
 Vcs-Git: https://salsa.debian.org/xfce-extras-team/xfce4-eyes-plugin.git
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index bb841bca17057c9da942f60ee55fb6ea6f31d550..f72262cd3044d5b5c4ff3f204fda880bbed32077 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 # Uncomment this to turn on verbose mode.
 #export DH_VERBOSE=1
 
-export DEB_LDFLAGS_MAINT_APPEND=-Wl,--as-needed
 export DEB_BUILD_MAINT_OPTIONS=hardening=+all
 
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