diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index fd9d10c..28fcb1e 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ libsysstat (0.4.6-0ubuntu1) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
   * Overhauled watch file to make it compatible with GitHub again.
   * Updated copyright file.
   * Bumped Standards-Version to 4.6.1, no changes necessary.
+  * Removed an obsolete '-Wl,--as-needed' linker flag.
 
  -- Aaron Rainbolt <arraybolt3@ubuntu.com>  Mon, 28 Nov 2022 15:46:29 -0600
 
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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