diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 854896528..0aa8419dc 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ linux (4.19~rc3-1~exp2) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
   * [hppa,mips*,powerpc*,sh4] debian/control: Build-depend on libunwind-dev for
     linux-perf
   * debian/control: Build-depend on libnuma-dev for linux-perf on all arches
+  * debian/control: Remove "cross" from profiles for build-dep on libssl-dev
 
  -- Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>  Mon, 10 Sep 2018 22:25:53 +0100
 
diff --git a/debian/templates/control.source.in b/debian/templates/control.source.in
index 83cb51ef7..d8348f6ab 100644
--- a/debian/templates/control.source.in
+++ b/debian/templates/control.source.in
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ Build-Depends-Arch:
 # used by upstream to build include/generated/timeconst.h
  bc <!stage1>,
 # used by upstream to build signing tools and to process certificates
- libssl-dev:native <!stage1>, libssl-dev <!stage1 !pkg.linux.notools cross>,
+ libssl-dev:native <!stage1>, libssl-dev <!stage1 !pkg.linux.notools>,
  openssl (>= 1.1.0-1~) <!stage1>,
 # used by upstream to build objtool (native for amd64 images; host arch for
 # linux-kbuild) and perf (host arch)