diff --git a/.editorconfig b/.editorconfig
index 802817e2..b4b89fc0 100644
--- a/.editorconfig
+++ b/.editorconfig
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ trim_trailing_whitespace = true
 indent_style = space
 indent_size = 4
 
-[Makefile,Makefile.*]
+[Makefile,Makefile.*,rules]
 indent_style = tab
 indent_size = 8
 
diff --git a/debian/compat b/debian/compat
deleted file mode 100644
index ec635144..00000000
--- a/debian/compat
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-9
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 0fb8426a..439c5df8 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Source: pazpar2
 Section: net
 Priority: extra
 Maintainer: Adam Dickmeiss <adam@indexdata.dk>
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 7),
+Build-Depends: debhelper-compat (= 13),
 	autotools-dev,
 	libyaz5-dev (>= 5.29.0),
 	docbook-xsl,