diff --git a/helpers/make-dh-autoreconf b/helpers/make-dh-autoreconf
index 78f7fe5b18dbe54d518d641a7ec83a3bd838d66a..abaf740386a0a9298c3b8c1c106ab1650ab18933 100644
--- a/helpers/make-dh-autoreconf
+++ b/helpers/make-dh-autoreconf
@@ -17,16 +17,13 @@
 #    Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301 USA
 #
 
-VERSION=1
+VERSION=2
 EXTERNAL='deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic main'
 REPOKEY=7638D0442B90D010
 BACKPORTS=true
 
 . ./config
 
-sed '/debhelper/s/(>= 11)//' -i debian/control
-echo 10 > debian/compat
-
 changelog "Backported from bionic"
 
 compile
diff --git a/helpers/make-strip-nondeterminism b/helpers/make-strip-nondeterminism
index efcf636f2950b305dd7c576dfa1a9f52ac9b82d1..61e22be1a952e6cae240f0c5dbbfbdedc5add03f 100644
--- a/helpers/make-strip-nondeterminism
+++ b/helpers/make-strip-nondeterminism
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 #    Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301 USA
 #
 
-VERSION=1
+VERSION=2
 EXTERNAL='deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic main'
 REPOKEY=7638D0442B90D010
 BACKPORTS=true
@@ -25,9 +25,6 @@ DEPENDS=libarchive-cpio-perl
 
 . ./config
 
-sed '/debhelper/s/10/9/' -i debian/control
-echo 9 > debian/compat
-
 changelog "Backported from bionic"
 
 compile