diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index af8b2c8..cb90ea9 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -54,10 +54,7 @@ Description: lightweight database migration tool for SQLAlchemy
 
 Package: python-alembic
 Architecture: all
-Depends: python-editor,
-         python-mako,
-         python-pkg-resources,
-         python-sqlalchemy,
+Depends: python-pkg-resources,
          ${misc:Depends},
          ${python:Depends},
 Breaks: alembic (<< 0.6.3+ds-2),
@@ -79,10 +76,7 @@ Description: lightweight database migration tool for SQLAlchemy - Python 2.x
 
 Package: python3-alembic
 Architecture: all
-Depends: python3-editor,
-         python3-mako,
-         python3-pkg-resources,
-         python3-sqlalchemy,
+Depends: python3-pkg-resources,
          ${misc:Depends},
          ${python3:Depends},
          ${sphinxdoc:Depends},