diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 3a14e5e..1dd1bfb 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ qtermwidget (2.3.0-0ubuntu1) resolute; urgency=medium
   * New upstream release.
   * Update copyright file.
   * Update Standards-Version to 4.7.3, no changes needed.
+  * Remove redundant 'Rules-Requires-Root: no' control line.
 
  -- Aaron Rainbolt <arraybolt3@ubuntu.com>  Tue, 20 Jan 2026 17:03:37 -0600
 
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index fdeb501..f808992 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ Vcs-Git: https://git.lubuntu.me/Lubuntu/qtermwidget-packaging.git
 Debian-Vcs-Browser: https://salsa.debian.org/lxqt-team/qtermwidget
 Debian-Vcs-Git: https://salsa.debian.org/lxqt-team/qtermwidget.git
 Homepage: https://github.com/lxqt/qtermwidget
-Rules-Requires-Root: no
 
 Package: libqtermwidget6-2
 Architecture: any