diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
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--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
     to Uploaders.
   * Update Homepage.
   * Update Standards-Version to 3.9.5 (no changes).
+  * Remove placeholder manpage ibnlparse.1.
 
  -- Ana Beatriz Guerrero Lopez <ana@debian.org>  Mon, 30 Jun 2014 18:39:09 +0200
 
diff --git a/debian/ibnlparse.1 b/debian/ibnlparse.1
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index 85b00de..0000000
--- a/debian/ibnlparse.1
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@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-.TH ibnlparse 1 "January 26, 2008" "ibutils" "User Commands"
-
-.SH NAME
-ibnlparse \- simple IB extensions test utility.
-
-.SH SYNOPSIS
-.B ibnlparse
-
-.SH DESCRIPTION
-.PP
-This program does not currently have any documentation. This manpage
-is a placeholder. Please see the package documentation in 
-/usr/share/doc/
-
-.SH AUTHOR
-.TP
-Guy Coates  < gmpc@sanger.ac.uk >
-
-
-
-
diff --git a/debian/ibutils.manpages b/debian/ibutils.manpages
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-debian/ibnlparse.1