diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index f967da9c..9d1ebc9c 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ Build-Depends: autotools-dev,
                autoconf,
                bison,
                bsdmainutils,
-               coreutils,
                debhelper (>= 7),
                docbook-to-man,
                docbook-utils,
@@ -17,7 +16,6 @@ Build-Depends: autotools-dev,
                gawk,
                gcc-4.5 | gcc-4.7 | ubuntu-desktop (<< 1.207),
                gettext,
-               gzip,
                libacl1-dev,
                libasound2-dev,
                libcapi20-dev,