diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index ec24d59..a8c7469 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -17,8 +17,7 @@ DEB_INSTALL_DOCS_ALL = README AUTHORS HACKING
 
 DEB_CONFIGURE_SCRIPT := ./autogen.sh
 
-DEB_CONFIGURE_EXTRA_FLAGS := --disable-silent-rules \
-                             --localstatedir=/var \
+DEB_CONFIGURE_EXTRA_FLAGS := --localstatedir=/var \
                              --libdir=/usr/lib/$(DEB_HOST_MULTIARCH) \
                              --includedir=/usr/include/$(DEB_HOST_MULTIARCH) \
                              --libexecdir=/usr/libexec \