diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index f147004..0c62ee3 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ Depends: libauthen-pam-perl,
          libpve-cluster-perl,
          libpve-u2f-server-perl (>= 1.0-2),
          libuuid-perl,
-         perl,
          pve-cluster (>= 6.1-4),
          ${misc:Depends},
          ${perl:Depends},