diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 4bf4be0..35c2138 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 Source: nagios-snmp-plugins
 Section: net
-Priority: optional
 Maintainer: Debian Nagios Maintainer Group <pkg-nagios-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org>
 Uploaders: Jan Wagner <waja@cyconet.org>
 Build-Depends: debhelper-compat (= 13)