diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 197be405484..282c373dd86 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Section: misc
 Priority: optional
 Maintainer: Delphix Engineering <eng@delphix.com>
 Build-Depends:
-	autoconf,
+	autoconf (= 2.69),
 	automake,
 	bison,
 	dh-python,
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ Build-Depends:
 	libsnappy1v5,
 	libtool,
 	pkg-config,
-	python3-distutils,
 	python3-future,
 	python3-pyelftools,
 	python3-dev,