diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 543cfaa..00c6f81 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ lxqt-admin (1.1.0-0ubuntu2) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
   * Updated Lubuntu Developers copyright to 2021-2022.
   * Removed redundant Repository-Browser field from d/upstream/metadata.
   * Bumped Standards-Version to 4.6.1, no changes necessary.
+  * Removed obsolete "-Wl,--as-needed" linker flag.
 
  -- Aaron Rainbolt <arraybolt3@gmail.com>  Sun, 03 Jul 2022 22:19:48 -0500
 
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index b8fdf4e..4e97055 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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