diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 4c18e3bf..001265b7 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ Testsuite: autopkgtest-pkg-go
 
 Package: aptly
 Architecture: any
-Depends: bzip2, xz-utils, adduser, gpgv, gpg, ${misc:Depends}, ${shlibs:Depends}
+Depends: ${misc:Depends}, ${shlibs:Depends}, bzip2, xz-utils, adduser, gpgv, gpg
 Suggests: graphviz
 Conflicts: gnupg1, gpgv1
 Built-Using: ${misc:Static-Built-Using}, ${misc:Built-Using}
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ Description: Swiss army knife for Debian repository management - main package
 
 Package: aptly-api
 Architecture: any
-Depends: ${misc:Depends}, aptly, adduser
+Depends: ${misc:Depends}, aptly
 Description: Swiss army knife for Debian repository management - API
  It offers several features making it easy to manage Debian package
  repositories: