diff --git a/contrib/ci/Dockerfile-debian-experimental b/contrib/ci/Dockerfile-debian-experimental
index 21c7e8244..4e409969d 100644
--- a/contrib/ci/Dockerfile-debian-experimental
+++ b/contrib/ci/Dockerfile-debian-experimental
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ FROM debian:experimental
 
 RUN apt-get update -qq
 RUN apt-get install -yq --no-install-recommends \
+	debhelper \
 	devscripts \
 	docbook-utils \
 	fontconfig \
@@ -43,10 +44,8 @@ RUN apt-get install -yq --no-install-recommends \
 	systemd \
 	valgrind
 #deps not yet in unstable:
-# - new debehlper (10.3) for meson building
 # - new appstream-glib is fwupd dependency
 RUN apt-get -t experimental install -yq --no-install-recommends \
-	debhelper \
 	gir1.2-appstreamglib-1.0 \
 	libappstream-glib-dev
 #deps needed only for installed tests