diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index fb2c3c5..dfba624 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 Source: monitoring-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),