diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index dd529c4dce4c018ecc3489ca62d58631d35add3d..88e25f7b513f8155bb4a5379f30d9a958e643d08 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ scikit-learn (0.14-1) unstable; urgency=low
       - require sphinx 1.1.3 due to problems with unicode in earlier
         present on older Debian/Ubuntu's versions
     - boosted policy to 3.9.4 (no further changes)
+    - migrate from python-support to dh_python2
 
  -- Yaroslav Halchenko <debian@onerussian.com>  Wed, 07 Aug 2013 20:16:04 -0400
 
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 0432a37ceb3d11ee5129b535cb0d5fbadc31394e..0a3453c5afea57ab9e6bf4ba7b8693600eb7f55e 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -4,14 +4,14 @@ Priority: optional
 Maintainer: NeuroDebian Team <team@neuro.debian.net>
 Uploaders: Yaroslav Halchenko <debian@onerussian.com>, Michael Hanke <michael.hanke@gmail.com>
 Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 7.0.50),
-               python-all-dev (>= 2.5), python-support (>= 0.6),
+               python-all-dev (>= 2.5),
                cython (>= 0.12~),
                python-setuptools,
                python-numpy, python-scipy,
                libsvm-dev (>= 2.84.0),
                python-nose,
                python-matplotlib,
-               python-joblib (>= 0.4.5),
+               python-joblib (>= 0.4.5), python-support
 Build-Depends-Indep:
                python-sphinx (>= 1.1.3~), python-imaging, graphviz,
 Standards-Version: 3.9.4
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 8956c471cf6ec6384d32a1c8144064ab9f81d0eb..c769cfff14d1bd53ec83bf42e0c4225603b3f4eb 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ NOSEARGS :=
 # Mega rule
 %:
 	: # Explicit build system to avoid use of all-in-1 Makefile
-	dh $@ --buildsystem=python_distutils
+	dh $@ --buildsystem=python_distutils --with python2
 
 
 override_dh_clean:
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ override_dh_installchangelogs:
 	dh_installchangelogs doc/whats_new.rst
 
 ## move binary libraries into -lib
-override_dh_pysupport:
+override_dh_python2:
 	: # Move platform-specific libraries into -lib
 	set -e; \
 	for lib in $$(find $(PACKAGE_ROOT_DIR)/usr -name '*.so'); do \
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ override_dh_pysupport:
 		mkdir -p $$skbd_; \
 		mv $$skd $$skbd_; \
 	done
-	dh_pysupport
+	dh_python2
 
 ## immediately useable documentation and exemplar scripts/data
 override_dh_compress: