diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 0d1614f..170fdc3 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ qtxdg-tools (3.10.0-0ubuntu2) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
   * Drop unnecessary debian/docs file.
   * Overrode a missing manpage Lintian gripe.
   * Added 'Rules-Requires-Root: no' to debian/control.
+  * Removed obsolete "-Wl,--as-needed" linker flag.
 
  -- Aaron Rainbolt <arraybolt3@ubuntu.com>  Tue, 29 Nov 2022 11:37:04 -0600
 
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index f23631d..7cdbb0c 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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