diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 86847fb..032ca75 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+alacritty (0.7.2-2) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+  * Remove xclip dependency (Closes: #2)
+
+ -- Martin Simon <me@martinsimon.me>  Sun, 14 Mar 2021 00:00:00 +0000
+
 alacritty (0.7.2-1) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * Version 0.7.2
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 8c39bd2..655d45a 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@ Architecture: amd64
 Depends:
  ${misc:Depends},
  ${shlibs:Depends},
-Recommends:
- xclip
 Provides:
  x-terminal-emulator
 Description: GPU-accelerated terminal emulator