diff --git a/.github/workflows/devshell.yml b/.github/workflows/devshell.yml
index d3e7ae5fb..80d9acdd0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/devshell.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/devshell.yml
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ jobs:
             --prefix=${SYSLOG_NG_INSTALL_DIR}
             --enable-debug
             --enable-all-modules
-            --disable-smtp
             --disable-java
             --disable-java-modules
             --enable-ebpf
@@ -171,7 +170,6 @@ jobs:
             --enable-linux-caps
             --enable-manpages
             --enable-all-modules
-            --disable-smtp
             --disable-java
             --disable-java-modules
             --with-python=3
diff --git a/dbld/build.manifest b/dbld/build.manifest
index 3690028fd..0fdbbc1e1 100644
--- a/dbld/build.manifest
+++ b/dbld/build.manifest
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 # libcriterion-dev is available starting with bullseye
 debian-bullseye		python3,nojava,notzdatalegacy,nobpf
 debian-bookworm		python3,nojava,notzdatalegacy
-debian-testing		python3,nojava,nosmtp
+debian-testing		python3,nojava
 debian-sid		python3,nojava
 
 # on ubuntu, we start using Python3 at focal onwards.
diff --git a/packaging/debian/control b/packaging/debian/control
index 497f8e6a4..29a42fd40 100644
--- a/packaging/debian/control
+++ b/packaging/debian/control
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 10~),
                pkg-config, flex, bison (>= 3.4.2), gperf,
                libcriterion-dev <!sng-nocriterion>,
                xsltproc, docbook-xsl,
-               libesmtp-dev <!sng-nosmtp>,
+               libesmtp-dev,
                libivykis-dev (>= 0.36.1~),
                libnet1-dev,
                libglib2.0-dev,
diff --git a/packaging/debian/rules b/packaging/debian/rules
index afdbe27cd..b2b6bd072 100755
--- a/packaging/debian/rules
+++ b/packaging/debian/rules
@@ -64,10 +64,6 @@ endif
 
 PYTHON_VERSION = 3
 
-ifneq ($(filter sng-nosmtp,$(DEB_BUILD_PROFILES)),)
-DH_OPTIONS += -Naxosyslog-mod-smtp
-endif
-
 ifneq ($(filter sng-nokafka,$(DEB_BUILD_PROFILES)),)
 DH_OPTIONS += -Naxosyslog-mod-rdkafka
 endif