diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 9f56e98..d75e9bf 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ lxqt-session (1.1.1-0ubuntu2~ppa1) jammy; urgency=medium
       us of.
   * Removed redundant "Repository-Browser" field from d/upstream/metadata.
   * 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 12:24:33 -0500
 
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index d2ddc12..5fd979f 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 DEB_HOST_ARCH_OS ?= $(shell dpkg-architecture -qDEB_HOST_ARCH_OS)
 export LC_ALL=C.UTF-8
 export DEB_BUILD_MAINT_OPTIONS = hardening=+all
-export DEB_LDFLAGS_MAINT_APPEND = -Wl,--as-needed
 
 ifeq ($(DEB_HOST_ARCH_OS),linux)
     CMAKE_ARGS += -DWITH_LIBUDEV=ON