diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 9cfe73464..e69374c52 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ Build-Depends:
  libgsf-1-dev,
  libgtk-3-dev (>= 3.10),
  libgtk-3-doc,
- libgtk-layer-shell-dev,
  libjson-glib-dev (>= 1.6),
  libpango1.0-dev,
  libx11-dev,
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 8d45f4f39..de5ebbcb0 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ CONFIGURE_EXTRA_FLAGS = \
 	-D deprecated_warnings=false \
 	-D gtk_doc=true \
 	-D selinux=false \
-	-D gtk_layer_shell=true
+	-D gtk_layer_shell=false
 
 export DEB_LDFLAGS_MAINT_APPEND = -Wl,-z,defs -Wl,-O1 -Wl,--as-needed
 export DEB_BUILD_MAINT_OPTIONS = hardening=+bindnow