diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index fc759c8..9342ad6 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -8,8 +8,10 @@ ubuntu-dev-tools (0.117) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
   [ Stefano Rivera ]
   * ubuntutools/archive.py: Rewrite launchpadlib redirects to https when
     fetching dscs.
-  * debian/control: Suggest qemu-user-static | qemu-kvm-extras-static. Ubuntu
-    provides a qemu-user-static package, like Debian, since natty.
+  * debian/control:
+    - Suggest qemu-user-static | qemu-kvm-extras-static. Ubuntu provides a
+      qemu-user-static package, like Debian, since natty.
+    - Drop Build-Depend on Recommend on libapt-pkg-perl. No longer used.
   * grab-merge: Show help when no arguments are provided.
 
  -- Stefano Rivera <stefanor@ubuntu.com>  Sun, 13 Feb 2011 15:03:36 +0200
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 9f8c56b..af88c8d 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ Vcs-Browser: https://code.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-dev/ubuntu-dev-tools/trunk
 Build-Depends: dctrl-tools,
                debhelper (>= 7.0.50~),
                devscripts,
-               libapt-pkg-perl,
                libwww-perl,
                lsb-release,
                pylint,
@@ -49,7 +48,6 @@ Recommends: bzr,
             debian-keyring,
             debootstrap,
             genisoimage,
-            libapt-pkg-perl,
             libwww-perl,
             pbuilder | cowdancer | sbuild,
             perl-modules,