diff --git a/debianpkg/frr.install b/debianpkg/frr.install
index 7ef9aaa611..b979f9be93 100644
--- a/debianpkg/frr.install
+++ b/debianpkg/frr.install
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 etc/frr/
 usr/bin/vtysh
 usr/bin/mtracebis
-usr/include/frr
 usr/lib/*/libfrr.*
 usr/lib/*/libfrrospfapiclient.*
 usr/lib/frr/*d
diff --git a/debianpkg/frr.lintian-overrides b/debianpkg/frr.lintian-overrides
index 2e9888ed4f..30a3caf376 100644
--- a/debianpkg/frr.lintian-overrides
+++ b/debianpkg/frr.lintian-overrides
@@ -1,6 +1,2 @@
-frr: non-dev-pkg-with-shlib-symlink usr/lib/libfrrospfapiclient.so.0.0.0 usr/lib/libfrrospfapiclient.so
-frr: non-dev-pkg-with-shlib-symlink usr/lib/libfrr.so.0.0.0 usr/lib/libfrr.so
-frr: non-dev-pkg-with-shlib-symlink usr/lib/libfrrfpm_pb.so.0.0.0 usr/lib/libfrrfpm_pb.so
 frr: package-name-doesnt-match-sonames libfrr0 libfrrfpm-pb0 libfrrospfapiclient0
 frr: systemd-service-file-refers-to-unusual-wantedby-target lib/systemd/system/frr.service network-online.target
-frr: shared-lib-without-dependency-information usr/lib/libfrrfpm_pb.so.0.0.0
diff --git a/debianpkg/not-installed b/debianpkg/not-installed
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e43b95cb97
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debianpkg/not-installed
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+usr/include
diff --git a/debianpkg/rules b/debianpkg/rules
index 94891c14c2..50eaf192b1 100755
--- a/debianpkg/rules
+++ b/debianpkg/rules
@@ -167,10 +167,9 @@ endif
 	mkdir -p debian/tmp/etc/frr/
 	perl -pi -e 's#^!log file #!log file /var/log/frr/#' debian/tmp/usr/share/doc/frr/examples/*sample*
 
-	# we don't need .la files
-	rm debian/tmp/usr/lib/*/*.la
-	rm debian/tmp/usr/lib/*/frr/modules/*.la
-	rm debian/tmp/usr/lib/*/frr/libyang_plugins/*.la
+	# drop dev-only files
+	find debian/tmp -name '*.la' -o -name '*.a' -o -name 'lib*.so' | xargs rm -f
+	rm -rf debian/tmp/usr/include
 
 override_dh_auto_build:
 	dh_auto_build -- $(MAKE_SILENT)
diff --git a/debianpkg/subdir.am b/debianpkg/subdir.am
index 4193eadc15..0cd1bca007 100644
--- a/debianpkg/subdir.am
+++ b/debianpkg/subdir.am
@@ -36,4 +36,5 @@ EXTRA_DIST += \
 	debianpkg/frr.postrm \
 	debianpkg/frr.preinst \
 	debianpkg/frr.prerm \
+	debianpkg/not-installed \
 	# end