diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 5af63d3a0948afdae9b5791f2ed54da99353d374..817c496d180d912484ed7a0c5734d337f218e363 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ Package: libpoppler118
 Architecture: any
 Section: libs
 Multi-Arch: same
-Pre-Depends: ${misc:Pre-Depends}
 Depends: ${shlibs:Depends},
          ${misc:Depends}
 Recommends: poppler-data
@@ -77,7 +76,6 @@ Package: libpoppler-glib8
 Architecture: any
 Section: libs
 Multi-Arch: same
-Pre-Depends: ${misc:Pre-Depends}
 Depends: libpoppler118 (= ${binary:Version}),
          ${shlibs:Depends},
          ${misc:Depends}
@@ -135,7 +133,6 @@ Package: libpoppler-qt5-1
 Architecture: any
 Section: libs
 Multi-Arch: same
-Pre-Depends: ${misc:Pre-Depends}
 Depends: libpoppler118 (= ${binary:Version}),
          ${shlibs:Depends},
          ${misc:Depends}
@@ -164,7 +161,6 @@ Package: libpoppler-cpp0v5
 Architecture: any
 Section: libs
 Multi-Arch: same
-Pre-Depends: ${misc:Pre-Depends}
 Depends: libpoppler118 (= ${binary:Version}),
          ${shlibs:Depends},
          ${misc:Depends}