diff --git a/debian/compat b/debian/compat
index 7f8f011e..ec635144 100644
--- a/debian/compat
+++ b/debian/compat
@@ -1 +1 @@
-7
+9
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 8bc660b9..dd9063bb 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -1,8 +1,4 @@
 #!/usr/bin/make -f
 
-export DH_VERBOSE=1
-CFLAGS := $(shell dpkg-buildflags --get CFLAGS)
-LDFLAGS := $(shell dpkg-buildflags --get LDFLAGS)
-
 %:
 	dh $@ --with autoreconf