diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 5ee78c6a9..cfc300ce5 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@ Build-Depends:
  desktop-file-utils,
  gettext,
  cmake (>= 3.13.2),
- libcpputest-dev,
- libxml2-utils,
  libgtkmm-3.0-dev,
  libgtksourceviewmm-3.0-dev,
  libxml++2.6-dev,