diff --git a/packaging/linux/deb/DEBIAN/postinst b/packaging/linux/deb/DEBIAN/postinst
deleted file mode 100755
index d0d5f4dfe3..0000000000
--- a/packaging/linux/deb/DEBIAN/postinst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-set -e
-# Automatically added by dh_installmenu
-if [ "$1" = "configure" ] && [ -x "`which update-menus 2>/dev/null`" ]; then
-	update-menus
-fi
-# End automatically added section
diff --git a/packaging/linux/deb/DEBIAN/postrm b/packaging/linux/deb/DEBIAN/postrm
deleted file mode 100755
index a30dbac677..0000000000
--- a/packaging/linux/deb/DEBIAN/postrm
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-set -e
-# Automatically added by dh_installmenu
-if [ -x "`which update-menus 2>/dev/null`" ]; then update-menus ; fi
-# End automatically added section