diff --git a/gstlal-inspiral/debian/control.in b/gstlal-inspiral/debian/control.in
index d866b46ffb183899ff24f6b82a1e4feb19206482..747fd4a18e1987a66fc3ea0a60160be7b38e4082 100644
--- a/gstlal-inspiral/debian/control.in
+++ b/gstlal-inspiral/debian/control.in
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ Build-Depends:
  pkg-config (>= 0.18.0),
  python-all-dev (>= @MIN_PYTHON_VERSION@),
  python-glue (>= @MIN_GLUE_VERSION@),
- python-glue-ligolw-tools,
  python-gobject-dev,
  python-lal (>= @MIN_LAL_VERSION@),
  python-lalinspiral (>= @MIN_LALINSPIRAL_VERSION@)
diff --git a/gstlal-ugly/debian/control.in b/gstlal-ugly/debian/control.in
index c4d3ab9b3d0ab89d5006547a36ba784292b03195..a3329310117b8d510c26bbe66515cc6be27871cc 100644
--- a/gstlal-ugly/debian/control.in
+++ b/gstlal-ugly/debian/control.in
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ Build-Depends:
  pkg-config (>= 0.18.0),
  python-all-dev (>= @MIN_PYTHON_VERSION@),
  python-glue (>= @MIN_GLUE_VERSION@),
- python-glue-ligolw-tools,
  python-numpy (>= @MIN_NUMPY_VERSION@)
 
 Package: gstlal-ugly