diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 3435912..dc6ae76 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -8,3 +8,8 @@ export PYBUILD_NAME=ptpython
 execute_after_dh_auto_clean:
 	# help pybuild
 	rm -rf *.egg-info
+
+execute_after_dh_auto_install:
+	# removing unused files
+	rm -f debian/ptpython/usr/bin/ptpython
+	rm -f debian/ptpython/usr/bin/ptipython