diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index bc830e9..a697b08 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 nagios-plugins (1.4.11-3) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
 
-  * NOT RELEASED YET
+  * remove unneeded debhelper scripts from rules 
 
  -- Jan Wagner <waja@cyconet.org>  Fri, 07 Mar 2008 17:37:49 +0100
 
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index fe3d8a1..bdddbfc 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -166,11 +166,9 @@ binary-indep: build install
 	dh_installdocs -i
 	dh_installexamples -i command.cfg
 	dh_installman -i
-	dh_strip -i
 	dh_compress -i
 	dh_fixperms -i
 	dh_installdeb -i
-	dh_shlibdeps -i
 	dh_gencontrol -i
 	dh_md5sums -i
 	dh_builddeb -i
@@ -183,12 +181,9 @@ binary-arch: build install
 	dh_installdocs -s
 	dh_installexamples -s command.cfg
 	dh_installman -s
-#	dh_link
 	dh_strip -s
 	dh_compress -s
 	dh_fixperms -s -X utils.pm
-#	dh_perl
-#	dh_makeshlibs
 	dh_installdeb -s
 	dh_shlibdeps -s
 	dh_gencontrol -s