diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 2acce73..abed13c 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+liblxqt (1.2.0-0ubuntu2) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
+
+  * Removed the obsolete '-Wl,--as-needed' linker flag from debian/rules.
+
+ -- Aaron Rainbolt <arraybolt3@ubuntu.com>  Mon, 28 Nov 2022 14:35:33 -0600
+
 liblxqt (1.2.0-0ubuntu1) lunar; urgency=medium
 
   * New upstream release.
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index fc64a4e..8c6f092 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 # export DH_VERBOSE=1
 
 export LC_ALL=C.UTF-8
-export DEB_LDFLAGS_MAINT_APPEND = -Wl,--as-needed
 export DEB_BUILD_MAINT_OPTIONS = hardening=+all
 
 WHICH_OS := $(shell dpkg-architecture -qDEB_HOST_ARCH_OS 2>/dev/null)