diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index dc6ae76..3435912 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -8,8 +8,3 @@ 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