diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 3db75fec..fb303b47 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+livecd-rootfs (2.797) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
+
+  * Drop dependency on rsync, not used in a very long time and lets us drop
+    rsync on i386.
+
+ -- Steve Langasek <steve.langasek@ubuntu.com>  Wed, 01 Feb 2023 07:42:55 -0800
+
 livecd-rootfs (2.796) lunar; urgency=medium
 
   [ Heinrich Schuchardt ]
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 560a77e5..d1d6ee66 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ Depends: ${misc:Depends},
          python3-launchpadlib [!i386],
          python3-yaml,
          qemu-utils [!i386],
-         rsync,
          snapd (>= 2.39) [!i386],
          squashfs-tools (>= 1:3.3-1),
          sudo,