diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 00d29b0f05d294fb166723325f5cdc75a27be9a3..2017b130b6263aedd7c88e16ba3efb539fb3aeb3 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 cl-asdf (1.42-1) unstable; urgency=low
 
-  * Add 'reregister-common-lisp-implementations' call to cl-asdf.postinst
+  * Remove Depends on lisp-compiler for cl-asdf (fixes problem with
+  circular dependencies)
 
  -- Kevin M. Rosenberg <kmr@debian.org>  Sat, 14 Sep 2002 11:59:58 -0600
 
diff --git a/debian/cl-asdf.postinst b/debian/cl-asdf.postinst
index 5154049f23d1442153fd4f0c5eecde954fa06d9b..499b5275039461567639c2748096085f4512c9c5 100644
--- a/debian/cl-asdf.postinst
+++ b/debian/cl-asdf.postinst
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ set -e
 
 case "$1" in
     configure)
-	/usr/sbin/reregister-common-lisp-implementations
+	echo Pending: /usr/sbin/reregister-common-lisp-implementations
 	;;
     abort-upgrade|abort-remove|abort-deconfigure)
 	;;
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 52c919058f4459e68d91093795b277a35310578a..1650092372951583cf355c66ccb3e6d4a69b575e 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ Standards-Version: 3.5.7.0
 
 Package: cl-asdf
 Architecture: all
-Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, cmucl-normal | lisp-compiler
-Recommends: common-lisp-controller
+Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}
+Recommends: common-lisp-controller, cmucl-normal | lisp-compiler
 Description: Another System Definition Facility
  asdf provides a "make" type functions for Common Lisp packages. It
  provides compilation and loading features for complex Lisp systems