diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index ad66af0..a924f5f 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ liblxqt (1.1.0-0ubuntu3) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
   * Backport to Jammy.
   * Removed dh-exec hashbang from debian/liblxqt1.install.
   * Got rid of non-standard Repository-Browser field in debian/upstream/metadata.
+  * Removes "-Wl,--as-needed" linker flag.
 
  -- Aaron Rainbolt <arraybolt3@gmail.com>  Wed, 22 Jun 2022 00:05:06 -0500
 
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)