diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index fedb32eae3..35f5a51e40 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ install: build
 	dh_testroot
 	dh_installdirs
 	dh_install
-	dh_pysupport
+	dh_python2
 
 	# Copy in the jar and symlink to something stable
 	dh_install build/apache-cassandra-$(VERSION).jar \