diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 1452e1f..01507ba 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -22,5 +22,9 @@ endif
 override_dh_compress:
 	dh_compress -X example1.py -X example2.py -X example3.py -X html/
 
+execute_after_dh_auto_install:
+	# installed via python-terminaltables-doc.examples
+	rm -f debian/python3-terminaltables/usr/lib/python*/dist-packages/example*.py
+
 override_dh_installchangelogs:
 	dh_installchangelogs CHANGELOG.md