diff --git a/packaging/linux/deb/DEBIAN/control b/packaging/linux/deb/DEBIAN/control
index fd5d056d3d..b8dec8ad9e 100644
--- a/packaging/linux/deb/DEBIAN/control
+++ b/packaging/linux/deb/DEBIAN/control
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Version: {VERSION}
 Architecture: all
 Maintainer: Paul Chote <sleipnir@sleipnirstuff.com>
 Installed-Size: {SIZE}	
-Depends: libopenal1, mono-runtime (>= 2.6.7), libmono-winforms2.0-cil, libfreetype6, libsdl1.2debian, libgl1-mesa-glx, libgl1-mesa-dri, libmono-i18n2.0-cil, ttf-freefont
+Depends: libopenal1, mono-runtime (>= 2.6.7), libmono-winforms2.0-cil, libfreetype6, libsdl1.2debian, libgl1-mesa-glx, libgl1-mesa-dri, libmono-i18n2.0-cil
 Section: games
 Priority: extra
 Homepage: http://www.open-ra.org/
diff --git a/packaging/linux/deb/buildpackage.sh b/packaging/linux/deb/buildpackage.sh
index 99010bef1d..41fa3a466b 100755
--- a/packaging/linux/deb/buildpackage.sh
+++ b/packaging/linux/deb/buildpackage.sh
@@ -19,10 +19,6 @@ mkdir root
 cp -R DEBIAN root
 cp -R $rootdir/usr root
 
-# Remove duplicate fonts provided by ttf-freefont
-rm root/usr/share/openra/FreeSans.ttf
-rm root/usr/share/openra/FreeSansBold.ttf
-
 # Binaries go in /usr/games
 mv root/usr/bin/ root/usr/games/
 sed "s/\/usr\/bin\//\/usr\/games\//" root/usr/share/applications/openra.desktop > temp