diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 990f74a4..1f82ebaa 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -75,7 +75,6 @@ Build-Depends: autotools-dev,
                linux-libc-dev,
                prelink [i386 amd64],
                quilt (>= 0.46-7~),
-               sha1sum,
                sharutils,
                unixodbc-dev,
                x11proto-xinerama-dev