diff --git a/changelog.d/5766.misc b/changelog.d/5766.misc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..163ca2f0d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/5766.misc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Remove libsqlite3-dev from required build dependencies.
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 6634c1085a..55c28be853 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
-matrix-synapse-py3 (1.2.1) stable; urgency=medium
+matrix-synapse-py3 (1.3.0) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
 
-  * New synapse release 1.2.1.
-
- -- Synapse Packaging team <packages@matrix.org>  Fri, 26 Jul 2019 11:32:47 +0100
+  [ Andrew Morgan ]
+  * Remove libsqlite3-dev from required build dependencies.
 
 matrix-synapse-py3 (1.2.0) stable; urgency=medium
 
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 9e679c9d42..bae14b41e4 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ Build-Depends:
  python3-setuptools,
  python3-pip,
  python3-venv,
- libsqlite3-dev,
  tar,
 Standards-Version: 3.9.8
 Homepage: https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse