diff --git a/debian/_base/applications/internet/ktorrent/debian/control b/debian/_base/applications/internet/ktorrent/debian/control
index 3b335272c..b8fed9eb6 100644
--- a/debian/_base/applications/internet/ktorrent/debian/control
+++ b/debian/_base/applications/internet/ktorrent/debian/control
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Source: ktorrent-trinity
 Section: tde
 Priority: optional
 Maintainer: TDE Debian Team <team-debian@trinitydesktop.org>
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 10~), quilt, cdbs, tdelibs14-trinity-dev, libpcre3-dev, libx11-dev, libgmp3-dev, libavahi-tqt-dev, libgeoip-dev, automake, autoconf, libtool, libltdl-dev
+Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 10~), quilt, cdbs, tdelibs14-trinity-dev, libx11-dev, libgmp3-dev, libavahi-tqt-dev, libgeoip-dev, automake, autoconf, libtool, libltdl-dev
 Standards-Version: 3.8.4
 
 Package: ktorrent-trinity
diff --git a/ubuntu/_base/applications/internet/ktorrent/debian/control b/ubuntu/_base/applications/internet/ktorrent/debian/control
index b19611be8..f999b4929 100644
--- a/ubuntu/_base/applications/internet/ktorrent/debian/control
+++ b/ubuntu/_base/applications/internet/ktorrent/debian/control
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Source: ktorrent-trinity
 Section: tde
 Priority: optional
 Maintainer: TDE Debian Team <team-debian@trinitydesktop.org>
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 10~), quilt, cdbs, tdelibs14-trinity-dev, libpcre3-dev, libx11-dev, libgmp3-dev, libavahi-tqt-dev, libgeoip-dev, automake, autoconf, libtool, libltdl-dev
+Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 10~), quilt, cdbs, tdelibs14-trinity-dev, libx11-dev, libgmp3-dev, libavahi-tqt-dev, libgeoip-dev, automake, autoconf, libtool, libltdl-dev
 Standards-Version: 3.8.4
 
 Package: ktorrent-trinity