diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 90dc9b6..6a65887 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Source: security-misc
 Section: misc
 Priority: optional
 Maintainer: Patrick Schleizer <adrelanos@riseup.net>
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9), faketime, genmkfile
+Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9), genmkfile
 Homepage: https://github.com/Whonix/security-misc
 Vcs-Browser: https://github.com/Whonix/security-misc
 Vcs-Git: https://github.com/Whonix/security-misc.git