diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index aabfec70a..dfada8e3d 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Maintainer: Gramps Development Team <benny.malengier@gmail.com>
 Section: python
 Priority: optional
 Build-Depends-Indep: libxml-parser-perl, gettext, intltool
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 7), python-support (>= 0.8.4), python-gobject-dev (>= 3.0.0)
+Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 7), python-support (>= 0.8.4)
 Standards-Version: 3.8.4
 Homepage: http://www.gramps-project.org/
 XS-Python-Version: >=2.7