diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 084a38d94..1423ac6a7 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -16,10 +16,10 @@ Build-Depends: debhelper-compat (= 13),
                libuv1-dev (>= 1.10),
                procps [!hurd-any],
                qtbase5-dev <!stage1>,
-               zlib1g-dev
-Build-Depends-Indep: python3-sphinx,
-                     python3-sphinxcontrib.qthelp | python3-sphinx (<< 2.0),
-                     dh-sequence-sphinxdoc
+               zlib1g-dev,
+               python3-sphinx,
+               python3-sphinxcontrib.qthelp | python3-sphinx (<< 2.0),
+               dh-sequence-sphinxdoc
 Rules-Requires-Root: no
 Standards-Version: 4.6.0
 Vcs-Git: https://salsa.debian.org/cmake-team/cmake.git