diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index c74c2c7..d064bda 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 qt6-base (6.6.2+dfsg-9) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
 
+  [ Pino Toscano ]
+  * Drop the unused ${perl:Depends} substvar from qt6-base-dev-tools, and
+    qmake6.
 
  -- Debian Qt/KDE Maintainers <debian-qt-kde@lists.debian.org>  Sat, 22 Jun 2024 17:18:30 +0200
 
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 82df0fa..73e534e 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -437,7 +437,7 @@ Package: qt6-base-dev-tools
 Architecture: any
 Multi-Arch: foreign
 Section: devel
-Depends: ${misc:Depends}, ${perl:Depends}, ${shlibs:Depends},
+Depends: ${misc:Depends}, ${shlibs:Depends},
 Suggests: cmake,
 Description: Qt 6 base development programs
  Qt is a cross-platform C++ application framework. Qt's primary feature
@@ -479,7 +479,6 @@ Multi-Arch: same
 Section: devel
 Depends: qmake6-bin (= ${binary:Version}),
          ${misc:Depends},
-         ${perl:Depends},
          ${shlibs:Depends},
 Breaks: qt6-base-dev (<< 6.6.0+dfsg~),
 Replaces: qt6-base-dev (<< 6.6.0+dfsg~),