diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 0b8c5421..3f9b399f 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ Standards-Version: 4.6.1
 
 Package: fail2ban
 Architecture: all
-Depends: ${python3:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}, lsb-base
+Depends: ${python3:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}
 Recommends: nftables | iptables, whois, python3-pyinotify, python3-systemd
 Suggests: mailx, system-log-daemon, monit, sqlite3
 Description: ban hosts that cause multiple authentication errors