diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index fa280d941f..0d14678ea4 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ gtk+3.0 (2.91.6-1) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
     + debian/rules:
       - Bumped the shver.
       - Disable silent builds.
+  * debian/control.in,
+    debian/rules:
+    + Remove the chrpath hack, it's been fixed in libtool.
 
  -- Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>  Wed, 08 Dec 2010 23:58:24 +0100
 
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index c2d4399be5..0fbe79c695 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Source: gtk+3.0
 Section: libs
 Priority: optional
 Maintainer: Sebastien Bacher <seb128@debian.org>
-Uploaders: Debian GNOME Maintainers <pkg-gnome-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org>, Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>, Michael Biebl <biebl@debian.org>, Sebastian Dröge <slomo@debian.org>, Sjoerd Simons <sjoerd@debian.org>
+Uploaders: Debian GNOME Maintainers <pkg-gnome-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org>, Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>, Sebastian Dröge <slomo@debian.org>, Sjoerd Simons <sjoerd@debian.org>
 Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 7.0.50~),
                gettext,
                pkg-config,
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 7.0.50~),
                libxfixes-dev (>= 1:3.0.0-3),
                libcairo2-dev (>= 1.10.0),
                gnome-pkg-tools (>= 0.11),
-               chrpath,
                dpkg-dev (>= 1.13.19),
                x11proto-xext-dev,
                libcups2-dev (>= 1.2),
diff --git a/debian/control.in b/debian/control.in
index 0fcd8f8be8..0e9ee6d83b 100644
--- a/debian/control.in
+++ b/debian/control.in
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 7.0.50~),
                libxfixes-dev (>= 1:3.0.0-3),
                libcairo2-dev (>= 1.10.0),
                gnome-pkg-tools (>= 0.11),
-               chrpath,
                dpkg-dev (>= 1.13.19),
                x11proto-xext-dev,
                libcups2-dev (>= 1.2),
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 5023a17949..f3f594f88d 100644
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -291,8 +291,6 @@ binary-arch: build $(maybe_check) install $(call dh_subst_files,$(BINARY_ARCH_PK
 	dh_install -s
 	# empty the dependency_libs in the *.la files
 	sed -i "/dependency_libs/ s/'.*'/''/" debian/*/$(LIBDIR)/*.la
-	# we don't need the rpath in the udeb
-	chrpath -d debian/$(UDEB_PKG)/$(LIBDIR)/*x11*.so.*
 	# changelog.gz symlinks will be overwritten by dh_link
 	dh_installchangelogs -s ChangeLog
 	# do not merge the calls: dh_installdocs only installs in the first pkg