diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 0215b3f9..9564a2cc 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+ostree (2016.1-1) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
+
+  * Remove -dbg package, rely on automatic dbgsym packages instead
+
+ -- Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org>  Wed, 27 Jan 2016 13:04:34 +0100
+
 ostree (2016.1-alexlarsson1~wily1) wily; urgency=medium
 
   * New upstream release
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index be298060..77767914 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -90,13 +90,3 @@ Depends:
  grub2
 Description: GRUB 2 configuration for ostree
  Configuration snippets for using ostree with GRUB 2.
-
-Package: ostree-dbg
-Architecture: any
-Section: debug
-Priority: extra
-Depends:
- ${misc:Depends},
- libostree-1-1 (= ${binary:Version})
-Description: debugging symbols for libostree-1-1
- This package contains the debugging symbols for libostree-1-1.
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 71c311bf..9f993af6 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -17,8 +17,5 @@ override_dh_auto_configure:
 		--enable-gtk-doc \
 		--with-dracut \
 		--with-grub2 \
-		--with-systemdsystemunitdir=/lib/systemd/system
-
-override_dh_strip:
-	dh_strip -postree --dbg-package=ostree-dbg
-	dh_strip -plibostree-1-1 --dbg-package=ostree-dbg
+		--with-systemdsystemunitdir=/lib/systemd/system \
+		$(NULL)