diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 6b3ca48..d7c4c7b 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -7,10 +7,8 @@
 Vcs-Browser: http://anonscm.debian.org/gitweb/?p=pkg-multimedia/frei0r.git
 Homepage: http://www.piksel.org/frei0r
 Build-Depends: cdbs,
+ autotools-dev,
  debhelper,
- libtool,
- automake,
- autoconf,
  pkg-config,
  libcv-dev,
  libgavl-dev,
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index a4e8342..3f08ec6 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -10,13 +10,3 @@
 DEB_UPSTREAM_URL = http://www.piksel.no/frei0r/releases
 DEB_UPSTREAM_PACKAGE = frei0r-plugins
 DEB_UPSTREAM_TARBALL_MD5 = a2eb63feeeb0c5cf439ccca276cbf70c
-
-clean::
-	$(RM) Makefile.in aclocal.m4 configure doc/Makefile.in
-	$(RM) doc/html/Makefile.in include/Makefile.in ltmain.sh
-	$(RM) m4/libtool.m4 m4/ltoptions.m4 m4/ltversion.m4
-	$(RM) m4/lt~obsolete.m4 m4/ltsugar.m4 src/Makefile.in
-
-makebuilddir::
-	libtoolize -f
-	autoreconf -fs