diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 43584adc..95aa9ef2 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ byobu (5.124) unreleased; urgency=medium
   * usr/bin/purge-old-kernels:
     - make sure we pass through the -f|-y apt options
 
+  [ Matthias Klose ]
+  * Build-depend on dh-python.
+  * Drop the alternative python2 dependencies. LP: #1735348.
+
  -- Dustin Kirkland <kirkland@ubuntu.com>  Mon, 25 Sep 2017 10:28:42 -0500
 
 byobu (5.123-0ubuntu1) artful; urgency=medium
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index f066ca2d..58098e5a 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -4,19 +4,19 @@ Priority: optional
 Maintainer: Dustin Kirkland <kirkland@ubuntu.com>
 Uploaders: Antoine Beaupré <anarcat@koumbit.org>
 Standards-Version: 3.9.6
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 7.0.50~), gettext-base, automake, autoconf, pep8
+Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 7.0.50~), gettext-base, automake, autoconf, pep8, dh-python
 Homepage: http://byobu.org
 Vcs-Bzr: http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~kirkland/byobu/trunk
 
 Package: byobu
 Architecture: all
 Depends:
- ${misc:Depends}, ${perl:Depends}, ${python:Depends},
+ ${misc:Depends}, ${perl:Depends}, ${python3:Depends},
  debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0,
  gettext-base,
  net-tools,
- python3|python,
- python3-newt|python-newt,
+ python3,
+ python3-newt,
  tmux (>= 1.5),
  gawk
 Recommends:
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 8bd735cb..51deb5dc 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/make -f
 %:
-	dh $@
+	dh $@ --with python3
 
 override_dh_auto_build:
 	# Check python syntax