diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d2eade0..38224e1 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ build
 .idea
 .vscode
 .vs
-packages/debian/debian/control
 packages/debian/debian/files
 *dSYM*
 
diff --git a/packages/debian/configure b/packages/debian/configure
index 4d632b0..38c2268 100755
--- a/packages/debian/configure
+++ b/packages/debian/configure
@@ -1765,8 +1765,6 @@ fi
 
 
 
-ac_config_files="$ac_config_files debian/control"
-
 ac_config_files="$ac_config_files Makefile"
 
 cat >confcache <<\_ACEOF
@@ -2469,7 +2467,6 @@ cat >>$CONFIG_STATUS <<\_ACEOF || ac_write_fail=1
 for ac_config_target in $ac_config_targets
 do
   case $ac_config_target in
-    "debian/control") CONFIG_FILES="$CONFIG_FILES debian/control" ;;
     "Makefile") CONFIG_FILES="$CONFIG_FILES Makefile" ;;
 
   *) as_fn_error $? "invalid argument: \`$ac_config_target'" "$LINENO" 5;;
diff --git a/packages/debian/configure.in b/packages/debian/configure.in
index 60986f0..961be27 100644
--- a/packages/debian/configure.in
+++ b/packages/debian/configure.in
@@ -35,6 +35,5 @@ fi
 AC_SUBST(N2N_VERSION)
 AC_SUBST(EXTN)
 
-AC_CONFIG_FILES(debian/control)
 AC_CONFIG_FILES(Makefile)
 AC_OUTPUT
diff --git a/packages/debian/debian/control.in b/packages/debian/debian/control
similarity index 97%
rename from packages/debian/debian/control.in
rename to packages/debian/debian/control
index 780fded..266a17c 100644
--- a/packages/debian/debian/control.in
+++ b/packages/debian/debian/control
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Standards-Version: 4.6.0
 Build-Depends:
 
 Package: n2n
-Architecture: @EXTN@
+Architecture: any
 Suggests: uml-utilities
 Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}
 Conflicts: n2n (<< 2.1.0-1)