diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 1e91e3a75e7e4b313e34ce89be71f982e4296b7b..d2d6fccae9c9f8d9940d61e26a201dd870ad5db4 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Section: xfce
 Priority: optional
 Maintainer: Unit 193 <unit193@debian.org>
 Uploaders: Sean Davis <smd.seandavis@gmail.com>
-Build-Depends: debhelper-compat (= 12),
+Build-Depends: debhelper-compat (= 13),
                intltool,
                libdbusmenu-gtk3-dev (>= 16.04),
                libgtk-3-dev,
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index e133ffa313044e10c2c9c2ca272d4e455d1abb3e..5bc7920aa018e230c392c8bfa5eef63e699aeb32 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/make -f
 include /usr/share/dpkg/architecture.mk
 
-export DEB_LDFLAGS_MAINT_APPEND=-Wl,-z,defs -Wl,--as-needed -Wl,-O1
+export DEB_LDFLAGS_MAINT_APPEND = -Wl,-z,defs -Wl,-O1
 export DEB_BUILD_MAINT_OPTIONS=hardening=+all
 
 override_dh_auto_install: