diff --git a/debian/minilzip.postinst b/debian/minilzip.postinst
index ee46e2b..654a87c 100644
--- a/debian/minilzip.postinst
+++ b/debian/minilzip.postinst
@@ -7,10 +7,6 @@ case "${1}" in
 		update-alternatives --quiet \
 			--install /usr/bin/lzip lzip /usr/bin/lzip.minilzip 75 \
 			--slave /usr/share/man/man1/lzip.1.gz lzip.1.gz /usr/share/man/man1/lzip.minilzip.1.gz
-
-		update-alternatives --quiet \
-			--install /usr/bin/lzip lzip /usr/bin/lzip.minilzip-static 70 \
-			--slave /usr/share/man/man1/lzip.1.gz lzip.1.gz /usr/share/man/man1/lzip.minilzip-static.1.gz
 		;;
 
 	abort-upgrade|abort-remove|abort-deconfigure)
diff --git a/debian/minilzip.prerm b/debian/minilzip.prerm
index f1106b8..54ebd3b 100644
--- a/debian/minilzip.prerm
+++ b/debian/minilzip.prerm
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@ set -e
 case "${1}" in
 	remove|upgrade|deconfigure)
 		update-alternatives --quiet --remove lzip /usr/bin/lzip.minilzip
-
-		update-alternatives --quiet --remove lzip /usr/bin/lzip.minilzip-static
 		;;
 
 	failed-upgrade)
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index f97047c..4eae67a 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -18,13 +18,6 @@ override_dh_auto_install:
 	ln -s /usr/bin/lzip.minilzip debian/minilzip/usr/bin/minilzip
 	ln -s /usr/share/man/man1/lzip.minilzip.1.gz debian/minilzip/usr/share/man/man1/minilzip.1.gz
 
-	# minilzip.static
-	install -D -m 0755 minilzip debian/minilzip/usr/bin/lzip.minilzip-static
-	install -D -m 0644 doc/minilzip.1 debian/minilzip/usr/share/man/man1/lzip.minilzip-static.1
-
-	ln -s /usr/bin/lzip.minilzip-static debian/minilzip/usr/bin/minilzip.static
-	ln -s /usr/share/man/man1/lzip.minilzip-static.1.gz debian/minilzip/usr/share/man/man1/minilzip.static.1.gz
-
 	# removing unused files
 	rm -f debian/tmp/usr/share/info/dir*