diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 0351c00..b55f668 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
   * Bump debhelper compatibility to 10. Update versioned b-d accordingly.
   * Rewrite debian/rules in minimal dh v7 style.
     + Use files debian/install and debian/manpages instead of overrides.
+    + Drop now redundant usr/sbin from debian/dirs.
   * Switch to source format "3.0 (native)"
   * Fix typo in man-page. Thanks lintian!
   * Use "set -e" instead of "#!/bin/sh -e" in maintainer scripts.
diff --git a/debian/dirs b/debian/dirs
index 44ac6eb..ee19d5d 100644
--- a/debian/dirs
+++ b/debian/dirs
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
 etc
-usr/sbin
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index fe9344e..657234c 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -5,6 +5,3 @@
 
 %:
 	dh $@
-
-override_dh_auto_install:
-	install -o root -g root -m 755 slay	debian/slay/usr/sbin