diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index b0ce7b00..fc8b9602 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ fail2ban (0.11.1-1) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
   [ Sylvestre Ledru ]
   * New upstream release (Closes: #922539)
   * Import fail2ban in the Debian Python Umbrella (Closes: #947926)
+  * Remove the old dep to Python (Closes: #945670)
 
   [ Jelmer Vernooij ]
   * Use secure URI in Vcs control header.
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index bdcacb18..a8bed85b 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ Standards-Version: 4.1.3
 Package: fail2ban
 Architecture: all
 Depends: ${python3:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}, lsb-base (>=2.0-7)
-Recommends: python, iptables|nftables, whois, python3-pyinotify, python3-systemd
+Recommends: iptables|nftables, whois, python3-pyinotify, python3-systemd
 Suggests: mailx, system-log-daemon, monit, sqlite3
 Description: ban hosts that cause multiple authentication errors
  Fail2ban monitors log files (e.g. /var/log/auth.log,