diff --git a/debian/_base/applications/rosegarden/debian/rules b/debian/_base/applications/rosegarden/debian/rules
index f46b79f42..47e0616c9 100755
--- a/debian/_base/applications/rosegarden/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/_base/applications/rosegarden/debian/rules
@@ -25,8 +25,6 @@ DEB_CMAKE_EXTRA_FLAGS := \
  -DCMAKE_SKIP_RPATH="OFF" \
  -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo
 
-DEB_KDE_APIDOX := yes
-
 DEB_COMPRESS_EXCLUDE += .rg .wav .docbook
 
 DEB_DH_BUILDDEB_ARGS += -- -Z$(shell dpkg-deb --help | grep -q ":.* xz[,.]" \
diff --git a/ubuntu/_base/applications/rosegarden/debian/rules b/ubuntu/_base/applications/rosegarden/debian/rules
index f46b79f42..47e0616c9 100755
--- a/ubuntu/_base/applications/rosegarden/debian/rules
+++ b/ubuntu/_base/applications/rosegarden/debian/rules
@@ -25,8 +25,6 @@ DEB_CMAKE_EXTRA_FLAGS := \
  -DCMAKE_SKIP_RPATH="OFF" \
  -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo
 
-DEB_KDE_APIDOX := yes
-
 DEB_COMPRESS_EXCLUDE += .rg .wav .docbook
 
 DEB_DH_BUILDDEB_ARGS += -- -Z$(shell dpkg-deb --help | grep -q ":.* xz[,.]" \