diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 0364afe..6908e92 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Section: net
 Priority: optional
 Maintainer: Keith Winstein <keithw@mit.edu>
 Uploaders: Alex Chernyakhovsky <achernya@debian.org>, Benjamin Barenblat <bbaren@debian.org>
-Build-Depends: debhelper-compat (= 12), protobuf-compiler, libprotobuf-dev, pkg-config, libutempter-dev, zlib1g-dev, libncurses5-dev, libssl-dev, bash-completion, locales, tmux, less
+Build-Depends: debhelper-compat (= 12), protobuf-compiler, libprotobuf-dev, pkg-config, libutempter-dev, zlib1g-dev, libncurses5-dev, libssl-dev, bash-completion, locales <!nocheck>, tmux <!nocheck>, less <!nocheck>
 Rules-Requires-Root: binary-targets
 Standards-Version: 4.6.1
 Homepage: https://mosh.org