diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index c9bbca6..e3137b3 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ Maintainer: Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>
 Build-Depends:
  debhelper-compat (= 13),
  dh-sequence-python3,
- help2man,
  python3-all,
  python3-setuptools,
  python3-yaml,
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 5a635a9..753638f 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -8,11 +8,5 @@ execute_after_dh_auto_install:
 	mkdir -p debian/gita/usr/share/bash-completion/completions
 	cp .gita-completion.bash debian/gita/usr/share/bash-completion/completions/gita
 
-	# manpage
-	mkdir -p debian/gita/usr/share/man/man1
-	PYTHONPATH=debian/gita/usr/lib/$$(py3versions -d)/dist-packages \
-		help2man --no-discard-stderr --name 'Manage many git repos' \
-		debian/gita/usr/bin/gita > debian/gita/usr/share/man/man1/gita.1
-
 override_dh_auto_test:
 	# disabled