diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 368ed50..958fefc 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ lxqt-themes (1.1.0-0ubuntu1~ppa1) jammy; urgency=medium
   * Overhauled the lxqt-themes.install file to actually install everything.
   * Updated LXQt team copyright to 2012-2022.
   * Bumped Standards-Version to 4.6.1, no changes necessary.
+  * Removed obsolete "-Wl,--as-needed" linker flag.
 
  -- Aaron Rainbolt <arraybolt3@gmail.com>  Sun, 26 Jun 2022 01:42:42 -0500
 
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 3e68658..fa1204c 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/make -f
 #export DH_VERBOSE=1
 
-export DEB_LDFLAGS_MAINT_APPEND = -Wl,--as-needed
-
 %:
 	dh ${@} --buildsystem cmake