diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index cbe9f754..4e39381d 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -12,29 +12,17 @@ Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9),
                dh-autoreconf,
                libosmocore-dev,
                libpcsclite-dev,
-               libnewlib-arm-none-eabi,
-               libusb-1.0-0-dev,
-               gcc-arm-none-eabi
+               libusb-1.0-0-dev
 Standards-Version: 3.9.8
 Vcs-Git: git://git.osmocom.org/simtrace2.git
 Vcs-Browser: http://git.osmocom.org/simtrace2/
 Homepage: http://osmocom.org/projects/simtrace2/wiki
 
-Package: simtrace2-firmware
-Section: devel
-Architecture: all
-Recommends: dfu-util
-Description: Firmware for SAM3 based SIMtrace2 USB Devices.
- Open Source firmware for the Cortex-M3 microcontroller in the
- "Osmocom SIMtrace2" USB-attached peripheral device.  Will only work in
- SAM3S-based SIMtrace2, not in its SAM7S-based predecessor SIMtrace!
-
 Package: simtrace2-utils
 Section: devel
 Architecture: any
 Multi-Arch: same
 Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}, libosmo-simtrace2-0
-Recommends: simtrace2-firmware
 Description: Host utilities to communicate with SIMtrace2 USB Devices.
 
 Package: libosmo-simtrace2-0
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 2c615db6..e908999d 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -17,3 +17,9 @@ export DEB_LDFLAGS_MAINT_STRIP = -Wl,-Bsymbolic-functions
 
 override_dh_autoreconf:
 	cd host && dh_autoreconf
+
+override_dh_auto_build:
+	dh_auto_build -- utils
+
+override_dh_auto_install:
+	dh_auto_build -- -C host
diff --git a/debian/simtrace2-firmware.install b/debian/simtrace2-firmware.install
deleted file mode 100644
index 9be493ae..00000000
--- a/debian/simtrace2-firmware.install
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-usr/share/simtrace2/*.bin