diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 956849e59..bbe6771de 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ Depends: apt,
          libc-bin,
          lsb-release,
          sed,
-         software-properties-common,
          sudo,
          wget,
          ${misc:Depends},