diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 0245d567b..d85339c01 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ Build-Depends: debhelper-compat (= 12),
                glslang-tools,
                libavcodec-dev [!hppa !sh4],
                libbsd-dev [linux-any],
-               libcjson-dev,
                libdbus-1-dev [linux-any],
                libegl1-mesa-dev,
                libeigen3-dev,
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index a384fdee0..83e7080e2 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ include /usr/share/dpkg/architecture.mk
 # We disable absolute systemd unit files too since we install to the path.
 # Don't waste time building the SteamVR driver, we don't package it.
 # Tell the version, instead of letting it guess from Git.
-CONFIG_ARGS := -DXRT_HAVE_SYSTEM_CJSON=ON \
+CONFIG_ARGS := \
 	  -DXRT_OPENXR_INSTALL_ACTIVE_RUNTIME=OFF \
 	  -DXRT_VULKAN_ENABLE_VALIDATION=OFF \
 	  -DBUILD_DOC=OFF \