diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 2a149b9..ca108fb 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 libsysstat (0.4.6-1ubuntu1) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
 
   * Backport to Jammy.
+  * Removed "-Wl,--as-needed" flag from debian/rules.
 
  -- Aaron Rainbolt <arraybolt3@gmail.com>  Wed, 22 Jun 2022 01:56:26 -0500
 
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index b5c1e6f..f989889 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
 
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