diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index ca84d71..52554f7 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ lxqt-build-tools (2.3.0-0ubuntu1) resolute; urgency=medium
   * New upstream release.
   * Update copyright file.
   * Update Standards-Version to 4.7.3, no changes needed.
+  * Remove redundant 'Rules-Requires-Root: no' control line.
 
  -- Aaron Rainbolt <arraybolt3@ubuntu.com>  Wed, 14 Jan 2026 11:38:01 -0600
 
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index ef5dd0e..612aeea 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ Vcs-Git: https://git.lubuntu.me/Lubuntu/lxqt-build-tools-packaging.git
 XS-Debian-Vcs-Browser: https://salsa.debian.org/lxqt-team/lxqt-build-tools
 XS-Debian-Vcs-Git: https://salsa.debian.org/lxqt-team/lxqt-build-tools.git
 Homepage: https://github.com/lxqt/lxqt-build-tools
-Rules-Requires-Root: no
 
 Package: lxqt-build-tools
 Architecture: all