diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 8ab3732..e9fa36f 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ lxqt-config (1.4.0-0ubuntu1) noble; urgency=medium
   * Add lxqt-menu-data as a build dependency.
   * Remove no-longer-existing files from lxqt-config.install.
   * Update lintian-overrides syntax.
+  * Removed obsolete '-Wl,--as-needed' linker flag.
 
  -- Aaron Rainbolt <arraybolt3@gmail.com>  Sun, 12 Nov 2023 18:12:05 -0600
 
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 3dac20d..2cb44de 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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