diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index dfe6585..e63ce2e 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -26,12 +26,3 @@
  Note that older SPL1-based models (ML-12xx, ML-14xx) do not work. Use
  these printers with the older "gdi" driver which is built into
  GhostScript.
-
-Package: splix
-Depends: printer-driver-splix, ${misc:Depends}
-Architecture: all
-Section: oldlibs
-Priority: extra
-Description: transitional dummy package for splix printer driver
- This is a transitional dummy package to transition to uniformly named
- printer-driver-splix.