diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index b220c49c..60fc5dbe 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ Build-Depends: bash-completion,
                libfuse3-dev,
                libpam0g-dev,
                libsystemd-dev,
-	       libreadline-dev,
                libuuid1,
                libzstd-dev (>= 1.3.8),
                pkg-config,