diff --git a/debian/ash.1 b/debian/ash.1
deleted file mode 100644
index 7cd8c6a..0000000
--- a/debian/ash.1
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-.so man1/dash.1
diff --git a/debian/ash.links b/debian/ash.links
deleted file mode 100644
index 86bc6a3..0000000
--- a/debian/ash.links
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-/bin/dash /bin/ash
diff --git a/debian/ash.manpages b/debian/ash.manpages
deleted file mode 100644
index dfc2771..0000000
--- a/debian/ash.manpages
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-debian/ash.1
diff --git a/debian/ash.postrm b/debian/ash.postrm
deleted file mode 100644
index b225a0b..0000000
--- a/debian/ash.postrm
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-# $Id: ash.postrm,v 1.1 2003/11/21 08:47:16 herbert Exp $
-
-set -e
-
-if [ "$1" = purge ] && [ -e /usr/share/debconf/confmodule ]; then
-	. /usr/share/debconf/confmodule
-	db_purge
-fi
-
-#DEBHELPER#
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 58fd8c5..309d25e 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -29,13 +29,3 @@ Description: POSIX-compliant shell
  Since it executes scripts faster than bash, and has fewer library
  dependencies (making it more robust against software or hardware
  failures), it is used as the default system shell on Debian systems.
-
-Package: ash
-Architecture: all
-Pre-Depends: dash
-Depends:
- ${misc:Depends},
-Description: compatibility package for dash
- This package allows upgrading ash to its replacement,
- dash. It includes the /bin/ash symlink.
- It can be removed as soon as /bin/ash is no longer used.
diff --git a/debian/dash.install b/debian/dash.install
index f000b81..c5e2bc0 100644
--- a/debian/dash.install
+++ b/debian/dash.install
@@ -1,3 +1 @@
-/usr/bin/dash  /bin
-/usr/share
 debian/shells.d/dash /usr/share/debianutils/shells.d
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 64f8a56..9c995b8 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -30,4 +30,9 @@ override_dh_auto_configure:
 		--disable-lineno \
 		--disable-glob
 
+execute_after_dh_auto_install:
+	mkdir -p debian/dash/bin
+	mv debian/*/usr/bin/dash debian/dash/bin
+	rmdir debian/*/usr/bin
+
 .PHONY: override_dh_auto_configure