diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index ed8e4d3..d37967e 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 include /usr/share/dpkg/architecture.mk
 include /usr/share/dpkg/pkg-info.mk
 
-export DEB_LDFLAGS_MAINT_APPEND=-Wl,--as-needed
 export DEB_CPPFLAGS_MAINT_APPEND=-DFFMPEG_MUX_FIXED=\"/usr/lib/$(DEB_HOST_MULTIARCH)/obs-plugins/obs-ffmpeg/obs-ffmpeg-mux\"
 export DEB_CFLAGS_MAINT_APPEND+=-DSIMDE_ENABLE_OPENMP -fopenmp-simd -O3
 export DEB_CXXFLAGS_MAINT_APPEND+=-DSIMDE_ENABLE_OPENMP -fopenmp-simd -O3