diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 5bb5d22..881acad 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 export PYBUILD_NAME=pyld
 
 %:
-	dh $@ --buildsystem=pybuild --with python2,python3,sphinxdoc
+	dh $@ --buildsystem=pybuild --with python2,python3
 
 override_dh_installdocs:
 	cd docs/ ; $(MAKE) text
