diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index e9b2f851..f91e07cc 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 byobu (5.69) unreleased; urgency=low
 
-  * UNRELEASED
+  * debian/control:
+    - revert build-dep on python-support, lintian is dumb sometimes
 
  -- Dustin Kirkland <kirkland@ubuntu.com>  Mon, 16 Dec 2013 22:29:52 -0700
 
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 9403c667..2526a887 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Priority: optional
 Maintainer: Dustin Kirkland <kirkland@ubuntu.com>
 Uploaders: Antoine Beaupré <anarcat@koumbit.org>
 Standards-Version: 3.9.4
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 7.0.50~), gettext-base, automake, autoconf, pep8, python-support
+Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 7.0.50~), gettext-base, automake, autoconf, pep8
 Homepage: http://byobu.co
 Vcs-Bzr: http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~kirkland/byobu/trunk