diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index fe4b307e1bb6..a45c3f964b1d 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 3.0.30
+ * Remove dh_python use in Debian packaging (CASSANDRA-18558)
  * Pass down all contact points to driver for cassandra-stress (CASSANDRA-18025)
  * Validate the existence of a datacenter in nodetool rebuild (CASSANDRA-14319)
 
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index ff1d64df1bd5..9cd7f3e451f1 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ install: build
 	dh_testroot
 	dh_installdirs
 	dh_install
-	dh_python2
 
 	# Copy in the jar and symlink to something stable
 	dh_install build/apache-cassandra-$(VERSION).jar \