diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index bdb5111..750bf30 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -10,5 +10,8 @@ execute_after_dh_auto_install:
 	mkdir -p debian/python3-tqdm/usr/share/bash-completion/completions
 	cp tqdm/completion.sh debian/python3-tqdm/usr/share/bash-completion/completions/tqdm
 
+	# removing unused files
+	rm -rf debian/python3-tqdm/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/debian
+
 override_dh_compress:
 	dh_compress -X.py