diff --git a/deb/common/control b/deb/common/control
index e2438b91f1..7a2f0a119c 100644
--- a/deb/common/control
+++ b/deb/common/control
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ Build-Depends: bash,
                ca-certificates,
                cmake,
                dh-apparmor,
-               debhelper-compat (= 12),
+               debhelper-compat (= 13),
                gcc,
                git,
                libc-dev,
diff --git a/deb/common/rules b/deb/common/rules
index a25eae2e38..2662eca915 100755
--- a/deb/common/rules
+++ b/deb/common/rules
@@ -70,12 +70,6 @@ override_dh_auto_test:
 override_dh_strip:
 	# Go has lots of problems with stripping, so just don't
 
-# http://manpages.debian.org/dh_dwz
-override_dh_dwz:
-	# dh_dwz in debhelper versions less than 13 has issues with files that are missing debug symbols (once we update to debhelper-compat 13+ this can be removed)
-	@# https://packages.debian.org/debhelper
-	@# https://packages.ubuntu.com/debhelper
-
 override_dh_auto_install:
 	# docker-ce-cli install
 	install -D -p -m 0755 cli/build/docker debian/docker-ce-cli/usr/bin/docker