diff --git a/gitlab-ci-lintian b/gitlab-ci-lintian
index b1ce2ca..b6c3fb2 100755
--- a/gitlab-ci-lintian
+++ b/gitlab-ci-lintian
@@ -2,8 +2,10 @@
 
 . /usr/share/gitlab-ci-common
 
+depends="lintian"
 $apt_get update
-$apt_get install lintian
+$apt_get install $depends
+apt-mark auto $depends
 
 echo "performing general and experimental lintian checks"
 su --shell /bin/sh nobody --command "lintian --color always -EviIL +pedantic ../*.changes" || true