diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index fc4dde1ab8..c4c0f885e7 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Section: net
 Priority: extra
 Maintainer: Jitsi Team <dev@jitsi.org>
 Uploaders: Emil Ivov <emcho@jitsi.org>, Damian Minkov <damencho@jitsi.org>
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 8.0.0), nodejs
+Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 8.0.0)
 Standards-Version: 3.9.6
 Homepage: https://jitsi.org/meet