diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 9ec17a0ee..f4841b5b7 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -80,7 +80,6 @@ Depends:
  bind9-dnsutils,
  curl,
  debconf,
- e2fsprogs,
  fonts-fork-awesome,
  fonts-lato,
 # sgdisk is used in storage app to expand GPT disks
@@ -127,6 +126,8 @@ Depends:
 # Ensure fuse gets replaced by fuse3 on upgrades from buster s.t. sshfs can be installed.
  fuse3,
 Recommends:
+# Temporarily moved from Depends due to piuparts bug #1010967.
+ e2fsprogs,
 # Wifi firmware
  firmware-ath9k-htc,
 # FreedomBox documentation
diff --git a/debian/tests/control b/debian/tests/control
index 544cc0a49..631741fbe 100644
--- a/debian/tests/control
+++ b/debian/tests/control
@@ -14,5 +14,5 @@ Restrictions: needs-root, breaks-testbed
 # Run unit and integration tests on installed files.
 #
 Test-Command: PYTHONPATH='/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/' py.test-3 -p no:cacheprovider --cov=plinth --cov-report=html:debci/htmlcov --cov-report=term
-Depends: git, python3-pytest, python3-pytest-cov, python3-pytest-django, python3-tomli, @
+Depends: e2fsprogs, git, python3-pytest, python3-pytest-cov, python3-pytest-django, python3-tomli, @
 Restrictions: breaks-testbed