diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index c15bf8f..4ac70b6 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ lxqt-policykit (1.3.0-0ubuntu1) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
   * New upstream release.
   * Bump build dependencies.
   * I guess we don't require root to build, do we?
+  * Remove redundant compiler flag.
 
  -- Simon Quigley <tsimonq2@ubuntu.com>  Thu, 10 Aug 2023 16:39:12 -0500
 
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 5f6e202..dbc664d 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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