diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 61d6c39..a2c47eb 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ lxqt-openssh-askpass (1.1.0-0ubuntu1~ppa1) jammy; urgency=medium
   * Backport to Jammy.
   * Updated copyright file.
   * Bumped Standards-Version to 4.6.1, no changes necessary.
+  * Removed obsolete "-Wl,--as-needed" linker flag.
 
  -- Aaron Rainbolt <arraybolt3@gmail.com>  Mon, 04 Jul 2022 09:35:47 -0500
 
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 9dbedc2..1fc4ede 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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