diff --git a/scripts-dev/build_debian_packages b/scripts-dev/build_debian_packages
index d0685c8b35..bddc441df2 100755
--- a/scripts-dev/build_debian_packages
+++ b/scripts-dev/build_debian_packages
@@ -18,11 +18,9 @@ import threading
 from concurrent.futures import ThreadPoolExecutor
 
 DISTS = (
-    "debian:stretch",
     "debian:buster",
     "debian:bullseye",
     "debian:sid",
-    "ubuntu:xenial",
     "ubuntu:bionic",
     "ubuntu:focal",
     "ubuntu:groovy",