diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 5903b9d..d02bb0a 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -25,8 +25,5 @@ override_dh_auto_test:
 	# disabled, see #608642 for more information
 endif
 
-override_dh_builddeb:
-	dh_builddeb -- -Zxz
-
 override_dh_strip:
 	dh_strip --dbg-package=plzip-dbg
diff --git a/debian/source/options b/debian/source/options
deleted file mode 100644
index 5bd47b7..0000000
--- a/debian/source/options
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-compression = xz