diff --git a/debian/compat b/debian/compat
index ec635144f6..f599e28b8a 100644
--- a/debian/compat
+++ b/debian/compat
@@ -1 +1 @@
-9
+10
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index cd6a13812f..2e2825cfa9 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -5,12 +5,9 @@ Maintainer: David Lamparter <equinox-debian@diac24.net>
 Uploaders: FRRouting-dev <dev@lists.frrouting.org>,
 	   Ondřej Surý <ondrej@debian.org>
 Build-Depends:
- autotools-dev,
  bison,
  chrpath,
- debhelper (>= 9),
- debhelper (>= 9.20160709) <!pkg.frr.nosystemd> | dh-systemd <!pkg.frr.nosystemd>,
- dh-autoreconf,
+ debhelper (>= 9.20150101),
  flex,
  gawk,
  install-info,
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index c8550ecb52..6cc03c378a 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -22,17 +22,17 @@ else
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(filter pkg.frr.nosystemd,$(DEB_BUILD_PROFILES)),)
-  DH_WITH_SYSTEMD=systemd,
+  DH_WITHOUT_SYSTEMD=
   CONF_SYSTEMD=--enable-systemd=yes
 else
-  DH_WITH_SYSTEMD=
+  DH_WITHOUT_SYSTEMD=--without=systemd
   CONF_SYSTEMD=--enable-systemd=no
 endif
 
 export PYTHON=python3
 
 %:
-	dh $@ --with=$(DH_WITH_SYSTEMD)autoreconf --parallel
+	dh $@ $(DH_WITHOUT_SYSTEMD)
 
 override_dh_auto_configure:
 	$(shell dpkg-buildflags --export=sh); \