diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 018063222f6ca667780bd16d8337a5f2461d8fb7..9c40e5e1e76808d9b4c66708957c8409f495c572 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -11,8 +11,6 @@ libpopplerN := $(shell sed -rn 's/^Package:[[:space:]]*(libpoppler[0-9]+)[[:spac
 # enable all the hardening options
 export DEB_BUILD_MAINT_OPTIONS = hardening=+all
 
-export DPKG_GENSYMBOLS_CHECK_LEVEL = 4
-
 # disable gtk stuff to minimize Build-Depends
 CONFIGURE_ARGS :=				\
 	-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release		\