diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 6eb7346cc..a9d961c7e 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -25,10 +25,6 @@ override_dh_install:
 override_dh_auto_test:
 	dh_auto_test || (find . -name testsuite.log -exec cat {} \; ; false)
 
-override_dh_autoreconf:
-	echo $(VERSION) > .tarball-version
-	dh_autoreconf
-
 override_dh_auto_configure:
 	dh_auto_configure -- --enable-static