diff --git a/debianize.sh b/debianize.sh
index 262d23e05798c64aab223ffac01b3934857c5613..90534b81cf00e33a10342e253fa5ceb08f9cca36 100755
--- a/debianize.sh
+++ b/debianize.sh
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ PKG_NAME="significant-properties-slubarchive"
 SCRIPTPATH="$( dirname "$( realpath "$0" )" )"
 
 # list external required binaries here (space separated)
-REQUIREMENTS="help2man man gzip make dpkg curl p7zip alien tar dh_make"
+REQUIREMENTS="help2man man gzip make dpkg p7zip tar dh_make"
 for REQUIREMENT in ${REQUIREMENTS}; do
         command -v "${REQUIREMENT}" >/dev/null 2>&1 || { echo >&2 "${ERROR} '${REQUIREMENT}' required but not installed. Aborting."; exit 1; }
 done