diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 7d9900407a875c8de3e67ecdbf255db3eb07265f..0eb755316fe185f8d4bc1c74b4b262816200a625 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ python-defaults (2.7.7-1) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
   * Switch from using lsb-release to dpkg-vendor to determine distro and drop
     lsb-release from build-depends (Closes: #751706)
     - Thanks to Peter Pentchev for the patch
+  * Drop unused build-depends on libhtml-tree-perl
 
  -- Matthias Klose <doko@debian.org>  Mon, 02 Jun 2014 19:54:25 +0200
 
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 77a434224ab397d3e101f472a30d4194946d7066..7ddd2970e02db75f9b2762f783c94cba8f1eea55 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -3,8 +3,7 @@ Section: python
 Priority: optional
 Maintainer: Matthias Klose <doko@debian.org>
 Uploaders: Scott Kitterman <scott@kitterman.com>, Piotr Ożarowski <piotr@debian.org>, Barry Warsaw <barry@debian.org>
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 8~), python-docutils (>= 0.4-3),
-  libhtml-tree-perl, debiandoc-sgml
+Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 8~), python-docutils (>= 0.4-3), debiandoc-sgml
 Standards-Version: 3.9.5
 Homepage: http://www.python.org/
 Vcs-Bzr: http://alioth.debian.org/anonscm/bzr/pkg-python/python-defaults-debian