diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 3fc06609e8669dd4fa54e0d787acbc415b8a1db3..f3ee771cd320385eab7a16b54852750b8cc9c8ef 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -7,9 +7,11 @@ scikit-learn (0.14-1) unstable; urgency=low
   * debian/control
     - require sphinx 1.1.3 due to problems with unicode in earlier
       present on older Debian/Ubuntu's versions
-    - multilined Build-Depends
+    - Build-Depends:
+      - multilined
+      - dropped swig (not needed since awhile)
 
- -- Yaroslav Halchenko <debian@onerussian.com>  Wed, 07 Aug 2013 20:13:12 -0400
+ -- Yaroslav Halchenko <debian@onerussian.com>  Wed, 07 Aug 2013 20:14:16 -0400
 
 scikit-learn (0.14~a1+git20-gc9ba2c3-1) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
 
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 73854de099d538eda59dad17101bc6617bcd2c33..41db61085e04ce9e5e04d323bad827ee9e0e11b0 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 7.0.50),
                python-nose,
                python-matplotlib,
                python-joblib (>= 0.4.5),
-               swig,
 Standards-Version: 3.9.3
 XS-Python-Version: >= 2.6
 Homepage: http://scikit-learn.sourceforge.net