diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index f73a460..5095202 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
      - dropped cdbs + quilt from Build-Depends
   * debian/README.source: deleted because redundant
   * debian/rules: switch from cdbs to dh
+  * Hardening by droping Makefile patch in favour of providing
+    options directly inside debian/rules
 
  -- Andreas Tille <tille@debian.org>  Thu, 10 May 2012 11:11:57 +0200
 
diff --git a/debian/patches/01_Makefile.patch b/debian/patches/01_Makefile.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index cade9ba..0000000
--- a/debian/patches/01_Makefile.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-Author: Steffen Moeller <moeller@pzr.uni-rostock.de>
-LastChanged: Thu, 16 Oct 2003 17:33:46 +0200
-Description: Provide main Makefile
-
---- /dev/null
-+++ b/Makefile
-@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
-+all:
-+	cd src; make
-+
-+clean:
-+	cd src; make clean
-+	rm -f bin/* lib/* obj/*
-+
diff --git a/debian/patches/series b/debian/patches/series
index f11e6c3..0851e90 100644
--- a/debian/patches/series
+++ b/debian/patches/series
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-01_Makefile.patch
 10_gcc4.3.patch
 10_gcc4.4.patch
 
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 2671bb9..442bc1a 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -21,4 +21,5 @@
 	rm -f bin/* lib/* obj/*
 
 override_dh_auto_build: $(MANPAGES)
-	dh_auto_build
+	# dh_auto_build
+	cd src; make CFLAGS="$(CFLAGS)" CPPFLAGS="$(CPPFLAGS)" CXXFLAGS="$(CXXFLAGS)" LDFLAGS="$(LDFLAGS)"