diff --git a/debian-devel/control b/debian-devel/control
index a5d24b6a8..edae1ec5e 100644
--- a/debian-devel/control
+++ b/debian-devel/control
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ Build-Depends:
     libaspell-dev,
     liblua5.3-dev,
     tcl8.6-dev,
-    guile-3.0-dev,
+    guile-2.2-dev,
     php-dev, libphp-embed, libargon2-dev, libsodium-dev,
     libxml2-dev,
     libcurl4-gnutls-dev,
diff --git a/debian-devel/rules b/debian-devel/rules
index cab713c93..d2756333b 100755
--- a/debian-devel/rules
+++ b/debian-devel/rules
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ override_dh_auto_configure:
 	dh_auto_configure --buildsystem=cmake -- \
 		-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:FILEPATH=/usr \
 		-DLIBDIR=/usr/lib/${DEB_HOST_MULTIARCH} \
+		-DENABLE_CJSON:BOOL=OFF \
 		-DENABLE_DOC:BOOL=ON \
 		-DENABLE_MAN:BOOL=ON \
 		-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE:STRING=RelWithDebInfo \
diff --git a/debian-stable/control b/debian-stable/control
index a75e6fee5..50c4f69a8 100644
--- a/debian-stable/control
+++ b/debian-stable/control
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ Build-Depends:
     libaspell-dev,
     liblua5.3-dev,
     tcl8.6-dev,
-    guile-3.0-dev,
+    guile-2.2-dev,
     php-dev, libphp-embed, libargon2-dev, libsodium-dev,
     libxml2-dev,
     libcurl4-gnutls-dev,
diff --git a/debian-stable/rules b/debian-stable/rules
index cab713c93..d2756333b 100755
--- a/debian-stable/rules
+++ b/debian-stable/rules
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ override_dh_auto_configure:
 	dh_auto_configure --buildsystem=cmake -- \
 		-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:FILEPATH=/usr \
 		-DLIBDIR=/usr/lib/${DEB_HOST_MULTIARCH} \
+		-DENABLE_CJSON:BOOL=OFF \
 		-DENABLE_DOC:BOOL=ON \
 		-DENABLE_MAN:BOOL=ON \
 		-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE:STRING=RelWithDebInfo \