diff --git a/debian/initramfs-tools-core.postinst b/debian/initramfs-tools-core.postinst
index c4d7b75..3fe757d 100644
--- a/debian/initramfs-tools-core.postinst
+++ b/debian/initramfs-tools-core.postinst
@@ -7,39 +7,6 @@ if [ ! -e /etc/initramfs-tools/modules ]; then
 		> /etc/initramfs-tools/modules
 fi
 
-mvverbose=-v
-
-# from dpkg-maintscript-helper, modified
-ensure_package_owns_file() {
-	local PACKAGE="$1"
-	local FILE="$2"
-
-	dpkg-query -L "$PACKAGE" | grep -F -q -x "$FILE"
-}
-
-# from dpkg-maintscript-helper, modified
-finish_mv_conffile() {
-	local CONFFILE="$1"
-	local PACKAGE="$2"
-
-	rm $mvverbose -f "$CONFFILE.dpkg-remove"
-
-	[ -e "$CONFFILE.dpkg-backup" ] || return 0
-	ensure_package_owns_file "$PACKAGE" "$CONFFILE" || return 0
-
-	echo "Preserving user changes to $CONFFILE (now owned by $PACKAGE)..."
-	if [ -e "$CONFFILE" ]; then
-		mv $mvverbose -f "$CONFFILE" "$CONFFILE.dpkg-new"
-	fi
-	mv $mvverbose -f "$CONFFILE.dpkg-backup" "$CONFFILE"
-}
-
-# When installing as a new dependency of initramfs-tools, or upgrading
-# from <0.123, we need to move initramfs.conf back into place.
-if [ "$1" = configure ] && dpkg --compare-versions "$2" lt 0.123~; then
-	finish_mv_conffile /etc/initramfs-tools/initramfs.conf initramfs-tools-core
-fi
-
 # Remove obsolete state directory
 if [ "$1" = configure ] && dpkg --compare-versions "$2" lt 0.138~; then
 	rm -rf /var/lib/initramfs-tools
diff --git a/debian/initramfs-tools.maintscript b/debian/initramfs-tools.maintscript
deleted file mode 100644
index d79ab79..0000000
--- a/debian/initramfs-tools.maintscript
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-rm_conffile /etc/bash_completion.d/initramfs-tools 0.126~
-rm_conffile /etc/kernel/signed_postinst.d/initramfs-tools 0.126~
diff --git a/debian/initramfs-tools.postinst b/debian/initramfs-tools.postinst
index 4e35c79..7b7a789 100644
--- a/debian/initramfs-tools.postinst
+++ b/debian/initramfs-tools.postinst
@@ -2,39 +2,6 @@
 
 set -e
 
-mvverbose=-v
-
-# from dpkg-maintscript-helper, modified
-ensure_package_owns_file() {
-	local PACKAGE="$1"
-	local FILE="$2"
-
-	dpkg-query -L "$PACKAGE" | grep -F -q -x "$FILE"
-}
-
-# from dpkg-maintscript-helper, modified
-finish_mv_conffile() {
-	local CONFFILE="$1"
-	local PACKAGE="$2"
-
-	rm $mvverbose -f "$CONFFILE.dpkg-remove"
-
-	[ -e "$CONFFILE.dpkg-backup" ] || return 0
-	ensure_package_owns_file "$PACKAGE" "$CONFFILE" || return 0
-
-	echo "Preserving user changes to $CONFFILE (now owned by $PACKAGE)..."
-	if [ -e "$CONFFILE" ]; then
-		mv $mvverbose -f "$CONFFILE" "$CONFFILE.dpkg-new"
-	fi
-	mv $mvverbose -f "$CONFFILE.dpkg-backup" "$CONFFILE"
-}
-
-# If initramfs-tools-core was fully upgraded to 0.123 before our
-# preinst ran, we need to move initramfs.conf back into place.
-if [ "$1" = configure ] && [ -n "$2" ] && dpkg --compare-versions "$2" lt 0.123~; then
-	finish_mv_conffile /etc/initramfs-tools/initramfs.conf initramfs-tools-core
-fi
-
 # Regenerate initramfs whenever we go to dpkg state `installed'
 if [ "x$1" != xtriggered ]; then
 	# this activates the trigger, if triggers are working
diff --git a/debian/initramfs-tools.postrm b/debian/initramfs-tools.postrm
deleted file mode 100755
index 69f1dca..0000000
--- a/debian/initramfs-tools.postrm
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-set -e
-
-mvverbose=-v
-
-# from dpkg-maintscript-helper, modified
-ensure_package_owns_file() {
-	local PACKAGE="$1"
-	local FILE="$2"
-
-	dpkg-query -L "$PACKAGE" | grep -F -q -x "$FILE"
-}
-
-# from dpkg-maintscript-helper
-abort_rm_conffile() {
-	local CONFFILE="$1"
-	local PACKAGE="$2"
-
-	ensure_package_owns_file "$PACKAGE" "$CONFFILE" || return 0
-
-	if [ -e "$CONFFILE.dpkg-remove" ]; then
-		echo "Reinstalling $CONFFILE that was moved away"
-		mv $mvverbose "$CONFFILE.dpkg-remove" "$CONFFILE"
-	fi
-	if [ -e "$CONFFILE.dpkg-backup" ]; then
-		echo "Reinstalling $CONFFILE that was backupped"
-		mv $mvverbose "$CONFFILE.dpkg-backup" "$CONFFILE"
-	fi
-}
-
-# If aborting an upgrade from <0.123, we need to move initramfs.conf back
-# into place.
-if [ "$1" = abort-upgrade ] && dpkg --compare-versions "$2" lt 0.123~; then
-	abort_rm_conffile /etc/initramfs-tools/initramfs.conf initramfs-tools
-fi
-
-#DEBHELPER#
diff --git a/debian/initramfs-tools.preinst b/debian/initramfs-tools.preinst
deleted file mode 100755
index 3084c4a..0000000
--- a/debian/initramfs-tools.preinst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,42 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-set -e
-
-mvverbose=-v
-
-# from dpkg-maintscript-helper, modified
-ensure_package_owns_file() {
-	local PACKAGE="$1"
-	local FILE="$2"
-
-	dpkg-query -L "$PACKAGE" | grep -F -q -x "$FILE"
-}
-
-# from dpkg-maintscript-helper
-prepare_rm_conffile() {
-	local CONFFILE="$1"
-	local PACKAGE="$2"
-
-	[ -e "$CONFFILE" ] || return 0
-	ensure_package_owns_file "$PACKAGE" "$CONFFILE" || return 0
-
-	local md5sum old_md5sum
-	md5sum="$(md5sum "$CONFFILE" | sed -e 's/ .*//')"
-	old_md5sum="$(dpkg-query -W -f='${Conffiles}' "$PACKAGE" | \
-		sed -n -e "\\' $CONFFILE ' { s/ obsolete$//; s/.* //; p }")"
-	if [ "$md5sum" != "$old_md5sum" ]; then
-		mv $mvverbose -f "$CONFFILE" "$CONFFILE.dpkg-backup"
-	else
-		mv $mvverbose -f "$CONFFILE" "$CONFFILE.dpkg-remove"
-	fi
-}
-
-# When upgrading from <0.123, we need to move initramfs.conf away so
-# dpkg will stop remembering it as an 'obsolete' conffile for us.  The
-# postinst of either initramfs-tools or initramfs-tools-core will move
-# it back.
-if [ "$1" = upgrade ] && dpkg --compare-versions "$2" lt 0.123~; then
-	prepare_rm_conffile /etc/initramfs-tools/initramfs.conf initramfs-tools
-fi
-
-#DEBHELPER#