diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 06b574093..1ebf5f991 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ linux (3.5.5-1~experimental.1) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
     - Enable DRM_CIRRUS_QEMU as module
   * media/dvb: Enable DVB_USB_AF9035 as module (Closes: #687050)
 
+  [ Bastian Blank ]
+  * Remove superfluous dependency in debugging packages.
+
  -- Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>  Mon, 27 Aug 2012 17:22:33 -0700
 
 linux (3.5.2-1~experimental.1) experimental; urgency=low
diff --git a/debian/templates/control.image-dbg.in b/debian/templates/control.image-dbg.in
index 932721096..664ce7ca7 100644
--- a/debian/templates/control.image-dbg.in
+++ b/debian/templates/control.image-dbg.in
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Package: linux-image-@abiname@@localversion@-dbg
-Depends: linux-image-@abiname@@localversion@, ${misc:Depends}
+Depends: ${misc:Depends}
 Section: debug
 Priority: extra
 Description: Debugging infos for Linux @abiname@@localversion@