diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 1eb11c0..cda4565 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ pavucontrol-qt (1.1.0-0ubuntu1~ppa1) jammy; urgency=medium
 
   * Backport to Jammy.
   * Updated Lubuntu Developers copyright to 2021-2022.
+  * Removed obsolete "-Wl,--as-needed" linker flag.
 
  -- Aaron Rainbolt <arraybolt3@gmail.com>  Wed, 29 Jun 2022 17:14:55 -0500
 
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index b8fdf4e..4e97055 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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