diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index a99866a2e5..5d579586e3 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ Build-Depends: adwaita-icon-theme-full <!nocheck>,
                gnome-pkg-tools (>= 0.11),
                gobject-introspection (>= 1.41.3),
                gsettings-desktop-schemas <!nocheck>,
-               gtk-doc-tools (>= 1.20),
                libatk-bridge2.0-dev (>= 2.15.1),
                libatk1.0-dev (>= 2.35.1),
                libcairo2-dev (>= 1.14.0),
@@ -53,7 +52,8 @@ Build-Depends: adwaita-icon-theme-full <!nocheck>,
                xauth <!nocheck>,
                xsltproc <!nodoc>,
                xvfb <!nocheck>
-Build-Depends-Indep: libatk1.0-doc <!nodoc>,
+Build-Depends-Indep: gtk-doc-tools (>= 1.20) <!nodoc>,
+                     libatk1.0-doc <!nodoc>,
                      libcairo2-doc <!nodoc>,
                      libglib2.0-doc <!nodoc>,
                      libpango1.0-doc <!nodoc>,
diff --git a/debian/control.in b/debian/control.in
index 44520ce9a3..12f53c1907 100644
--- a/debian/control.in
+++ b/debian/control.in
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ Build-Depends: adwaita-icon-theme-full <!nocheck>,
                gnome-pkg-tools (>= 0.11),
                gobject-introspection (>= 1.41.3),
                gsettings-desktop-schemas <!nocheck>,
-               gtk-doc-tools (>= 1.20),
                libatk-bridge2.0-dev (>= 2.15.1),
                libatk1.0-dev (>= 2.35.1),
                libcairo2-dev (>= 1.14.0),
@@ -53,7 +52,8 @@ Build-Depends: adwaita-icon-theme-full <!nocheck>,
                xauth <!nocheck>,
                xsltproc <!nodoc>,
                xvfb <!nocheck>
-Build-Depends-Indep: libatk1.0-doc <!nodoc>,
+Build-Depends-Indep: gtk-doc-tools (>= 1.20) <!nodoc>,
+                     libatk1.0-doc <!nodoc>,
                      libcairo2-doc <!nodoc>,
                      libglib2.0-doc <!nodoc>,
                      libpango1.0-doc <!nodoc>,