diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index dd887e1c6..603d9f706 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ cmake (2.8.11~rc1-1) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
   * New upstream release. (Closes: #700225)
   * Make cmake recommend make and gcc rather than suggest them.
   * Make cmake suggest codeblocks and eclipse.
+  * Drop XMLrpc support. It has been disabled upstream for a while now.
+    (Closes: #687326)
 
  -- Modestas Vainius <modax@debian.org>  Fri, 05 Oct 2012 21:00:55 +0300
 
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index d5ba226c3..a0d96e0f6 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -4,8 +4,7 @@ Priority: optional
 Maintainer: Modestas Vainius <modax@debian.org>
 Uploaders: A. Maitland Bottoms <bottoms@debian.org>, Kai Wasserbäch <curan@debian.org>
 Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9), libcurl4-gnutls-dev, libexpat1-dev, zlib1g-dev,
- libncurses5-dev, libqt4-dev (>= 4.4.0), procps [!hurd-any], libarchive-dev (>= 2.8.0),
- libxmlrpc-core-c3-dev | libxmlrpc-c3-dev
+ libncurses5-dev, libqt4-dev (>= 4.4.0), procps [!hurd-any], libarchive-dev (>= 2.8.0)
 Standards-Version: 3.9.3
 Vcs-Git: git://anonscm.debian.org/git/collab-maint/cmake.git
 Vcs-Browser: http://anonscm.debian.org/gitweb/?p=collab-maint/cmake.git;a=summary
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index fe2f4ea44..1dc1104b8 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ $(BUILD_FLAGS_FILE) verify-build-flags:
 	$(call $(flag_action),BUILD_QtDialog,ON,"Build Qt4 GUI")
 #	$(call $(flag_action),BUILD_DOCUMENTATION,ON)
 	$(call $(flag_action),CMAKE_USE_SYSTEM_LIBARCHIVE,ON)
-	$(call $(flag_action),CTEST_USE_XMLRPC,ON)
 
 $(BUILD_FLAGS_FILE): flag_action := set_build_flag
 verify-build-flags: flag_action := verify_build_flag