diff --git a/debian/compat b/debian/compat
deleted file mode 100644
index ec63514..0000000
--- a/debian/compat
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-9
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index ed87b39..821d05e 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Source: ifupdown2
 Section: admin
 Priority: optional
 Maintainer: Julien Fortin <jfortin@nvidia.com>
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9.20160709),
+Build-Depends: debhelper-compat (= 13),
                dh-python,
                python3,
                python3-all,
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 6539b24..cb315fe 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -18,15 +18,8 @@ override_dh_install:
 	install --mode=644 debian/ifupdown2-pre.service debian/ifupdown2/lib/systemd/system/
 
 
-override_dh_systemd_start:
-	dh_systemd_start --name=networking --no-start
-
-override_dh_systemd_enable:
-	dh_systemd_enable --name=networking
-
-# above are depreacated and won't be used in DH compat level >= 12
 override_dh_installsystemd:
-	dh_installsystemd --name=networking --no-start
+	dh_installsystemd --name=networking --no-start --no-stop-on-upgrade
 
 override_dh_compress:
 	dh_compress -X.py