diff --git a/.drone.yml b/.drone.yml
index cf7838b3..528c38f8 100644
--- a/.drone.yml
+++ b/.drone.yml
@@ -64,6 +64,8 @@ steps:
       - cd cwtch
       - INSTALL_PREFIX=./../deb/cwtch/usr DESKTOP_PREFIX=/usr/ ./install.sh
       - cd ..
+      # we depend on tor, get it from the tor project apt repo
+      - rm -r deb/cwtch/usr/lib/cwtch/Tor
       # Tar archives need a few tricks to make this deterministic, see https://reproducible-builds.org/docs/archives/
       - tar --sort=name --mtime=`cat COMMIT_DATE` --owner=0 --group=0 --numeric-owner --pax-option=exthdr.name=%d/PaxHeaders/%f,delete=atime,delete=ctime -czf cwtch-`cat ../VERSION`.tar.gz cwtch
       - rm -r cwtch
diff --git a/linux/deb/control b/linux/deb/control
index f52a7fe9..4afb6ddf 100644
--- a/linux/deb/control
+++ b/linux/deb/control
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@ Version: VERSION
 Maintainer: Open Privacy Research Society
 Architecture: all
 Description: Metadata resistant privacy platform designed to help you resist surveillance
+Depends: tor (>= 0.4.8.10)