diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 6f16503..a259007 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -59,7 +59,6 @@ Depends: ceph-common (>= 0.48),
          libusbredirparser1 (>= 0.6-2),
          libuuid1,
          numactl,
-         python,
          ${misc:Depends},
          ${shlibs:Depends},
 Conflicts: kvm,