2 files changed, 2 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 68fb28bb3..ca9f40844 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@ openssh (1:7.9p1-1) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
       (closes: #828475).
     - sshd(8): allow the futex(2) syscall in the Linux seccomp sandbox;
       apparently required by some glibc/OpenSSL combinations.
+  * Remove dh_builddeb override to use xz compression; this has been the
+    default since dpkg 1.17.0.
 
  -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>  Fri, 19 Oct 2018 21:34:47 +0100
 
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 225655612..c44afccff 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -237,9 +237,6 @@ override_dh_shlibdeps:
 override_dh_gencontrol:
         dh_gencontrol -- -V'openssh-server:Recommends=$(server_recommends)'
 
-override_dh_builddeb:
-        dh_builddeb -- -Zxz
-
 debian/faq.html:
         wget -O - http://www.openssh.com/faq.html | \
                 sed 's,\(href="\)\(txt/\|[^":]*\.html\),\1http://www.openssh.com/\2,g' \