diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 7715ebbc01258ceeddf89ebe55fdd911590a072a..7d90f1226ac70b8f722b36073244d0daf20c753d 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ Vcs-Browser: https://github.com/fish-shell/fish-shell
 Package: fish
 Architecture: any
 Conflicts: fish
-Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}, passwd (>= 4.0.3-10), libjs-jquery, bc, gettext-base, man-db
+Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}, passwd (>= 4.0.3-10), bc, gettext-base, man-db
 Recommends: python (>=2.6), xsel (>=1.2.0)
 Description: friendly interactive shell
  Fish is a command-line shell for modern systems, focusing on user-friendliness,
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 402bbd0f8a53e7b3a0350bd0fb5c23a94d942036..3936490c2d8462d3dd60be63317b2449ca9b8c02 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -15,11 +15,6 @@ DPKG_EXPORT_BUILDFLAGS = 1
 override_dh_auto_install:
 	dh_auto_install --destdir=debian/fish
 
-override_dh_install:
-	dh_install
-	# Debian policy: use system JQuery
-	ln -sf /usr/share/javascript/jquery/jquery.js $(CURDIR)/debian/fish/usr/share/fish/tools/web_config/jquery.js
-
 override_dh_installdocs:
 	dh_installdocs --link-doc=fish