diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 1cd7f67..e90bda6 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+calamares (3.1.7-2) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+  * Remove unneeded build dependency libpythonqt-dev (Closes: #880333)
+
+ -- Jonathan Carter <jcc@debian.org>  Mon, 13 Nov 2017 09:26:00 +0200
+
 calamares (3.1.7-1) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * New upstream release
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 7fa8277..6eaeb9c 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ Build-Depends: cmake,
                libkpmcore-dev,
                libparted-dev,
                libpolkit-qt5-1-dev,
-               libpythonqt-dev,
                libyaml-cpp-dev,
                libqt5svg5-dev,
                libqt5webkit5-dev,