diff -Nru docbook2x-0.8.8/debian/changelog docbook2x-0.8.8/debian/changelog
--- docbook2x-0.8.8/debian/changelog	2016-03-30 10:04:37.000000000 -0400
+++ docbook2x-0.8.8/debian/changelog	2016-07-27 21:26:31.000000000 -0400
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+docbook2x (0.8.8-15) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+  * Remove dependency on sp.
+
+ -- Neil Roeth <neil@debian.org>  Wed, 27 Jul 2016 20:34:59 -0400
+
 docbook2x (0.8.8-14) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   [ Chris Lamb ]
diff -Nru docbook2x-0.8.8/debian/control docbook2x-0.8.8/debian/control
--- docbook2x-0.8.8/debian/control	2016-03-30 10:04:37.000000000 -0400
+++ docbook2x-0.8.8/debian/control	2016-07-27 21:26:01.000000000 -0400
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
                docbook-xsl,
                libxml-sax-perl,
                opensp,
-               sp,
                texinfo,
                xml-core,
                xsltproc
@@ -22,7 +21,7 @@
 Architecture: any
 Depends: libtext-wrapi18n-perl,
          libxml-sax-expat-perl,
-         opensp | sp,
+         opensp,
          texinfo,
          xsltproc,
          ${misc:Depends},