diff --git a/packages/debian/configure.in b/packages/debian/configure.in
index 1dbfef5..60986f0 100644
--- a/packages/debian/configure.in
+++ b/packages/debian/configure.in
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ fi
 AC_SUBST(N2N_VERSION)
 AC_SUBST(EXTN)
 
-AC_CONFIG_FILES(debian/files)
 AC_CONFIG_FILES(debian/control)
 AC_CONFIG_FILES(Makefile)
 AC_OUTPUT
diff --git a/packages/debian/debian/files.in b/packages/debian/debian/files.in
deleted file mode 100644
index 510512c..0000000
--- a/packages/debian/debian/files.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-n2n_@N2N_VERSION@_@EXTN@.deb free optional