diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 868046fc..755095dd 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+fail2ban (0.11.1-3) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+  * remove deprecated package dh-systemd from the build deps
+    (Closes: #958625)
+
+ --
+
 fail2ban (0.11.1-2) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * Do not rotate log if empty. Thanks to Ron Varburg for the patch
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index c34141cf..bee2091b 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Uploaders: Yaroslav Halchenko <debian@onerussian.com>,
  Sylvestre Ledru <sylvestre@debian.org>
 Build-Depends:
  debhelper (>= 9)
- , debhelper (>= 9.20160709) | dh-systemd
+ , debhelper (>= 9.20160709)
  , dh-python
  , python3
  , python3-setuptools