diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 738d00d..398be1d 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9),
                mate-common,
                docbook-utils,
                libgcrypt11-dev,
-               libsystemd-login-dev,
 Standards-Version: 3.9.5
 Homepage: http://www.mate-desktop.org/
 Vcs-Browser: http://anonscm.debian.org/gitweb/?p=pkg-mate/mate-power-manager.git;a=summary