diff --git a/debian/postinst b/debian/postinst
deleted file mode 100755
index a7c85c1..0000000
--- a/debian/postinst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-set -e
-
-if [ -x "/etc/init.d/dns-flood-detector" ]; then
-	update-rc.d dns-flood-detector defaults 40 >/dev/null
-	if [ -x "`which invoke-rc.d 2>/dev/null`" ]; then
-		invoke-rc.d dns-flood-detector start || exit $?
-	else
-		/etc/init.d/dns-flood-detector start || exit $?
-	fi
-fi
diff --git a/debian/postrm b/debian/postrm
deleted file mode 100755
index ea57f84..0000000
--- a/debian/postrm
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-set -e
-
-if [ "$1" = "purge" ] ; then
-	update-rc.d dns-flood-detector remove >/dev/null || exit $?
-fi
diff --git a/debian/prerm b/debian/prerm
deleted file mode 100644
index 9639f67..0000000
--- a/debian/prerm
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-set -e
-# work without debhelper since only kill stops the app (for now)
-killall -9 dns-flood-detector
-