diff --git a/stdeb/util.py b/stdeb/util.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/stdeb/util.py
+++ b/stdeb/util.py
@@ -349,7 +349,6 @@ class DebianInfo:
         if has_ext_modules:
             debinfo.architecture = 'any'
             depends.append('${shlibs:Depends}')
-            build_deps.extend(['gcc','libc6-dev'])
         else:
             debinfo.architecture = 'all'
revert last change -- anyone building from source should have 'build-essential' installed, which includes gcc and libc6-dev

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