diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 0f1c46b9..03a62120 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 Source: magit
-Format: 3.0 (git)
 Section: devel
 Priority: optional
 Maintainer: Marius Vollmer <marius.vollmer@uni-dortmund.de>
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 4.0.0), emacs, texinfo
+Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 7), emacs, texinfo
 Standards-Version: 3.6.0
 
 Package: magit
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index ab49db98..2d33f6ac 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -1,22 +1,4 @@
 #!/usr/bin/make -f
 
-build: build-stamp
-build-stamp:
-	dh build
-	touch build-stamp
-
-clean:
-	dh clean
-
-install: build install-stamp
-install-stamp:
-	dh install
-	touch install-stamp
-
-binary-arch: install
-	dh binary-arch
-
-binary-indep: install
-	dh binary-indep
-
-binary: binary-arch binary-indep
+%:
+	dh $@