diff --git a/debian/compat b/debian/compat
deleted file mode 100644
index b4de394..0000000
--- a/debian/compat
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-11
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index b76b1ae..e83a484 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ Uploaders:
  Sebastian Ramacher <sramacher@debian.org>
 Build-Depends:
  cmake,
- debhelper (>= 11),
+ debhelper-compat (= 11),
  libasound2-dev,
  libavcodec-dev,
  libavdevice-dev,