diff --git a/debian/compat b/debian/compat
deleted file mode 100644
index ec63514..0000000
--- a/debian/compat
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-9
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 3698922..7ee6ce4 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Source: libsmpp34
 Maintainer: Osmocom team <openbsc@lists.osmocom.org>
 Section: libs
 Priority: optional
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9),
+Build-Depends: debhelper-compat (= 10),
                autotools-dev,
                autoconf,
                automake,