diff --git a/os/debian/control.in b/os/debian/control
similarity index 96%
rename from os/debian/control.in
rename to os/debian/control
index 0c6a4a0534..c17953dd28 100644
--- a/os/debian/control.in
+++ b/os/debian/control
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Source: PACKAGE
+Source: openttd
 Section: contrib/games
 Priority: optional
 Maintainer: Matthijs Kooijman <matthijs@stdin.nl>
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Vcs-Browser: http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/collab-maint/deb-maint/openttd/trunk/
 Vcs-Svn: svn://svn.debian.org/svn/collab-maint/deb-maint/openttd/trunk
 Homepage: http://www.openttd.org/
 
-Package: PACKAGE
+Package: openttd
 Architecture: any
 Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}
 Suggests: timidity, freepats
diff --git a/os/debian/rules b/os/debian/rules
index d6fa65dbf1..1ac6c90eff 100755
--- a/os/debian/rules
+++ b/os/debian/rules
@@ -6,22 +6,7 @@
 # Uncomment this to turn on verbose mode.
 #export DH_VERBOSE=1
 
-DEFAULT_PACKAGE := openttd
-# Find the package name from the topmost changelog entry.
-# Is this the best way to do this?
-PACKAGE = $(shell cat debian/changelog | head -1 | cut -f1 -d' ')
-
-debian/control:
-	# Generate control file
-	sed 's/PACKAGE/$(PACKAGE)/' debian/control.in > debian/control
-
-	# TODO: How to do this using makefile conditionals?
-	if [ "$(PACKAGE)" != "$(DEFAULT_PACKAGE)" ]; then \
-		echo "Provides: $(DEFAULT_PACKAGE)" >> debian/control ; \
-		echo "Conflicts: $(DEFAULT_PACKAGE)" >> debian/control ; \
-	fi;
-
-configure: debian/control configure-stamp
+configure: configure-stamp
 configure-stamp:
 	dh_testdir
 	# Add here commands to configure the package.
@@ -29,20 +14,20 @@ configure-stamp:
 	touch configure-stamp
 
 
-build: debian/control configure build-stamp
+build: configure build-stamp
 build-stamp:
 	dh_testdir
 
 	# Add here commands to compile the package.
 	
-	./configure --prefix-dir=/usr --binary-dir=games --data-dir=share/games/openttd --icon-dir=share/pixmaps --personal-dir=.openttd --install-dir=debian/$(PACKAGE)
+	./configure --prefix-dir=/usr --binary-dir=games --data-dir=share/games/openttd --icon-dir=share/pixmaps --personal-dir=.openttd --install-dir=debian/openttd
 	$(MAKE)
 
 	#/usr/bin/docbook-to-man debian/openttd.sgml > openttd.1
 
 	touch build-stamp
 
-clean: debian/control
+clean:
 	dh_testdir
 	dh_testroot
 	rm -f build-stamp configure-stamp
@@ -54,10 +39,8 @@ clean: debian/control
 	[ ! -f Makefile ] || $(MAKE) distclean
 
 	dh_clean
-	# Clean up generated control file
-	-rm debian/control
 
-install: debian/control build
+install: build
 	dh_testdir
 	dh_testroot
 	dh_clean -k
@@ -71,7 +54,7 @@ binary-indep: build install
 # We have nothing to do by default.
 
 # Build architecture-dependent files here.
-binary-arch: debian/control build install
+binary-arch: build install
 	dh_testdir
 	dh_testroot
 	dh_installchangelogs changelog.txt