diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index b8d6c4a..f57c491 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
   * Add salsa-ci file (routine-update)
   * Rules-Requires-Root: no (routine-update)
   * Set upstream metadata fields: Repository, Repository-Browse.
+  * Deactivate complex and error-prone dh_auto_clean override
 
  -- Andreas Tille <tille@debian.org>  Fri, 06 Nov 2020 15:32:44 +0100
 
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 1519595..be94683 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 override_dh_auto_install:
 	# pass
 
-override_dh_auto_clean:
+FIXME_override_dh_auto_clean: # This does not work :-(
 	rm -rf db/free
 
 	unxz ../barrnap_$(OVERSION).orig.tar.xz