diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index b546f314..6e89fd55 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ debian-cd (3.0.3) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
   * Further logic fixing in boot-x86: amd64 should now work
   * Temporary fixup for daily lenny sparc builds - use older image locations
     if new ones not available.
+  * Remove Build-Dep-Indep on sysutils. Closes: #437497
 
  -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>  Tue, 07 Aug 2007 18:57:05 -0700
 
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index d1f6c9ba..4adbc93c 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Priority: extra
 Maintainer: Debian CD Group <debian-cd@lists.debian.org>
 Uploaders: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>, Santiago Garcia Mantinan <manty@debian.org>, Steve McIntyre <93sam@debian.org>
 Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 4)
-Build-Depends-Indep: tofrodos | sysutils
+Build-Depends-Indep: tofrodos
 Standards-Version: 3.6.1.0
 XS-Vcs-Svn: svn://svn.debian.org/debian-cd/trunk