diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 18550c3..2cadff6 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ nagios-check-xmppng (0.3.2-1) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
     - Bump Standards-Version to 4.5.1
     - Update to debhelper 12
   * add debian/watch
+  * Fix "Don't depend on nagios3 which has been removed from unstable"
+    by dropping the nagios3 suggests (Closes: #846873)
 
  -- Jan Dittberner <jandd@debian.org>  Sun, 07 Mar 2021 14:23:19 +0100
 
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 19a59a6..fab52f6 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ Depends: python3 (>= 3.4),
          python3-defusedxml (>= 0.4.1),
          python3-nagiosplugin (>= 1.2.2),
          ${misc:Depends}
-Suggests: icinga | icinga2 | nagios3
+Suggests: icinga | icinga2
 Description: monitoring plugin to check XMPP servers
  a nagios compatible check plugin for XMPP servers implementing the XMPP
  protocol as specified in RFC 6120.