2 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 609436bf75..1c6308e3a2 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+matrix-synapse-py3 (1.25.0ubuntu1) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
+
+  * Remove dependency on `python3-distutils`.
+
+ -- Richard van der Hoff <richard@matrix.org>  Fri, 15 Jan 2021 12:44:19 +0000
+
 matrix-synapse-py3 (1.25.0) stable; urgency=medium
 
   [ Dan Callahan ]
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index b10401be43..8167a901a4 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ Pre-Depends: dpkg (>= 1.16.1)
 Depends:
  adduser,
  debconf,
- python3-distutils|libpython3-stdlib (<< 3.6),
  ${misc:Depends},
  ${shlibs:Depends},
  ${synapse:pydepends},