diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 154fb23..d9d3bc2 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ lxqt-notificationd (1.3.0-0ubuntu1) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
   * Bump Standards-Version to 4.6.2, no changes needed.
   * I guess we don't require root to build, do we?
   * Bad trailing whitespace.
+  * Remove redundant build flags.
 
  -- Simon Quigley <tsimonq2@ubuntu.com>  Thu, 10 Aug 2023 16:38:52 -0500
 
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 0e9a06b..66a8f29 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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