diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 2b4457e2..d97acef3 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ if(BUILD_DEBIAN_PACKAGE)
   SET(CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION ${DFT_TOOLS_VERSION})
   SET(CPACK_PACKAGE_CONTACT "https://github.com/TRIQS/dft_tools")
   EXECUTE_PROCESS(COMMAND dpkg --print-architecture OUTPUT_VARIABLE CMAKE_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_ARCHITECTURE OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE)
-  SET(CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_DEPENDS "python, python-numpy, python-h5py, python-jinja2, python-mako, python-mpi4py, python-matplotlib, python-scipy, cpp2py (>= 1.5), triqs (>= 2.0)")
+  SET(CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_DEPENDS "python, python-numpy, python-h5py, python-jinja2, python-mako, python-mpi4py, python-matplotlib, python-scipy, triqs (>= 2.0)")
   SET(CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_SHLIBDEPS ON)
   SET(CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_GENERATE_SHLIBS ON)
   INCLUDE(CPack)