diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 6b819d201d..1c6308e3a2 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,20 @@
+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 ]
+ * Update dependencies to account for the removal of the transitional
+ dh-systemd package from Debian Bullseye.
+
+ [ Synapse Packaging team ]
+ * New synapse release 1.25.0.
+
+ -- Synapse Packaging team <packages@matrix.org> Wed, 13 Jan 2021 10:14:55 +0000
+
matrix-synapse-py3 (1.24.0) stable; urgency=medium
* New synapse release 1.24.0.
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index bae14b41e4..8167a901a4 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -3,9 +3,11 @@ Section: contrib/python
Priority: extra
Maintainer: Synapse Packaging team <packages@matrix.org>
# keep this list in sync with the build dependencies in docker/Dockerfile-dhvirtualenv.
+# TODO: Remove the dependency on dh-systemd after dropping support for Ubuntu xenial
+# On all other supported releases, it's merely a transitional package which
+# does nothing but depends on debhelper (> 9.20160709)
Build-Depends:
- debhelper (>= 9),
- dh-systemd,
+ debhelper (>= 9.20160709) | dh-systemd,
dh-virtualenv (>= 1.1),
libsystemd-dev,
libpq-dev,
@@ -29,7 +31,6 @@ Pre-Depends: dpkg (>= 1.16.1)
Depends:
adduser,
debconf,
- python3-distutils|libpython3-stdlib (<< 3.6),
${misc:Depends},
${shlibs:Depends},
${synapse:pydepends},
|
