diff --git a/debian/fixlinks b/debian/fixlinks
deleted file mode 100644
index f265d3d..0000000
--- a/debian/fixlinks
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh -e
-# Clean up after cvs's dreadful symlink handling, by making all the symlinks
-# this package needs.
-
-# These dirs may not exist if directory pruning is turned on.
-install -d lib/to-rpm/tgz lib/to-rpm/slp
-
-ln -sf ../rpm/rules lib/to-deb/tgz/rules
-ln -sf ../rpm/conffiles lib/to-deb/tgz/conffiles
-ln -sf ../rpm/conffiles lib/to-deb/slp/conffiles
-ln -sf ../rpm/rules lib/to-deb/slp/rules
-ln -sf ../deb/spec lib/to-rpm/tgz/spec
-ln -sf ../deb/spec lib/to-rpm/slp/spec
-ln -sf debian/changelog CHANGES
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index c69c473..8ca5e26 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -4,24 +4,24 @@
 # Uncomment this to turn on verbose mode.
 #export DH_VERBOSE=1
 
-build: link-stamp build-stamp
+build: build-stamp
 build-stamp:
 	dh_testdir
 	$(MAKE) version
 	touch build-stamp
 
-clean: link-stamp
+clean:
 	dh_testdir
 	dh_testroot
 	rm -f build-stamp
 	dh_clean
 
 # Build architecture-dependent files here.
-binary-arch: link-stamp build
+binary-arch: build
 # We have nothing to do by default.
 
 # Build architecture-independent files here.
-binary-indep: link-stamp build
+binary-indep: build
 	dh_testdir
 	dh_testroot
 	dh_clean
@@ -38,11 +38,6 @@ binary-indep: link-stamp build
 	dh_md5sums
 	dh_builddeb
 
-# Fix links when checking out of cvs by calling this target.
-link-stamp:
-	sh -e debian/fixlinks
-	touch link-stamp
-
 VERSION=$(shell expr "`dpkg-parsechangelog 2>/dev/null |grep Version:`" : '.*Version: \(.*\)')
 
 # Update the web page. Not intended for use by anyone except the author.