diff --git a/lam-packaging/buildPackages b/lam-packaging/buildPackages
index 638a2d88..22286051 100755
--- a/lam-packaging/buildPackages
+++ b/lam-packaging/buildPackages
@@ -30,9 +30,9 @@ function minify {
 	local files=`ls $dir/*.js`
 	local jsFiles=""
 	for file in $files; do
-		jsFiles="$jsFiles --js $file"
+		jsFiles="$jsFiles $file"
 	done
-	closure-compiler --charset UTF-8 $jsFiles --js_output_file $outFile
+	uglifyjs -o $outFile $jsFiles
 	rm $files
 	# add final new line to supress Debian warnings
 	echo "" >> $outFile
diff --git a/lam-packaging/debian/control b/lam-packaging/debian/control
index 39751eba..41e31d5f 100644
--- a/lam-packaging/debian/control
+++ b/lam-packaging/debian/control
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Maintainer: Roland Gruber <post@rolandgruber.de>
 Section: web
 Priority: optional
 Standards-Version: 4.2.1
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9), po-debconf, cleancss, closure-compiler
+Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9), po-debconf, cleancss, node-uglify
 Homepage: https://www.ldap-account-manager.org/
 
 Package: ldap-account-manager
diff --git a/lam-packaging/debian/minify b/lam-packaging/debian/minify
index e95646fe..7fea7296 100755
--- a/lam-packaging/debian/minify
+++ b/lam-packaging/debian/minify
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@ if [ ! -e $outFile ]; then
 	files=`ls templates/lib/*.js`
 	jsFiles=""
 	for file in $files; do
-		jsFiles="$jsFiles --js $file"
+		jsFiles="$jsFiles $file"
 	done
-	closure-compiler --charset UTF-8 $jsFiles --js_output_file $outFile
+	uglifyjs -o $outFile $jsFiles
 	rm $files
 	# add final new line to supress Debian warnings
 	echo "" >> $outFile