diff --git a/debian/compat b/debian/compat
index 45a4fb75d..7f8f011eb 100644
--- a/debian/compat
+++ b/debian/compat
@@ -1 +1 @@
-8
+7
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 1350aa9fc..3888c8905 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -1,19 +1,12 @@
 Source: diamond
 Section: misc
-X-Python-Version: >= 2.4
 Priority: extra
 Maintainer: Rob Smith <kormoc@gmail.com>
 Homepage: https://github.com/BrightcoveOS/Diamond
 Vcs-Git: git://github.com/BrightcoveOS/Diamond.git
 Vcs-Browser: https://github.com/BrightcoveOS/Diamond
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 8),
-               dh-python,
-               python-all,
-               python-setuptools,
-               python-mock,
-               python-configobj,
-               python-psutil
-Standards-Version: 3.9.5
+Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 7), python (>= 2.4), python-support, python-mock, python-configobj, cdbs
+Standards-Version: 3.9.1
 
 Package: diamond
 Architecture: all
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
index ee2f1f8a9..fb55c26ac
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
 #!/usr/bin/make -f
 # -*- makefile -*-
 
-export PYBUILD_NAME=diamond
+DEB_PYTHON_SYSTEM := pysupport
 
-%:
-	dh $@ --with python2 --buildsystem=pybuild
+include /usr/share/cdbs/1/rules/debhelper.mk
+include /usr/share/cdbs/1/class/python-distutils.mk
+
+clean::
+	rm -rf build build-stamp configure-stamp build/ MANIFEST
+	dh_clean
diff --git a/debian/source/format b/debian/source/format
deleted file mode 100644
index 89ae9db8f..000000000
--- a/debian/source/format
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-3.0 (native)