diff --git a/debianpkg/backports/.gitignore b/debianpkg/backports/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 3b20d26891..0000000000
--- a/debianpkg/backports/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-*/*.dirhash
-*/debian/changelog
diff --git a/debianpkg/backports/README b/debianpkg/backports/README
deleted file mode 100644
index efd322e1d9..0000000000
--- a/debianpkg/backports/README
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-This directory contains the debian directories for backports to other debian
-platforms.  These are built via the `3.0 (custom)' source format, which
-allows one to build a source package directly out of tarballs (e.g. an
-orig.tar.gz tarball and a debian.tar.gz file), at which point the format can
-be changed to a real format (e.g. `3.0 (quilt)').
-
-Source packages are assembled via targets of the same name as the system to
-which the backport is done (e.g. `precise'), included in debian/rules.
-
-To create a new debian backport:
-
-* Add its name to `KNOWN_BACKPORTS', defined in debian/rules.
-* Create a directory of the same name in debian/backports.
-* Add the files `exclude', `versionext', and `debian/source/format' under
-  this directory:
-  * `exclude' contains whitespace-separated paths (relative to the root of
-    the source dir) that should be excluded from the source package (e.g.
-    debian/patches).
-  * `versionext' contains the suffix added to the version number for this
-    backport's build.  Distributions often have guidelines for what this
-    should be. If left empty, no new debian/changelog entry is created.
-  * `debian/source/format' should contain the source format of the resulting
-    source package.  As of of the writing of this document the only supported
-    format is `3.0 (quilt)'.
-* Add appropriate files under the `debian/' subdirectory.  These will be
-  included in the source package, overriding any top-level `debian/' files
-  with equivalent paths.
-
diff --git a/debianpkg/backports/debian8/debian/source/format b/debianpkg/backports/debian8/debian/source/format
deleted file mode 100644
index 163aaf8d82..0000000000
--- a/debianpkg/backports/debian8/debian/source/format
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-3.0 (quilt)
diff --git a/debianpkg/backports/debian8/exclude b/debianpkg/backports/debian8/exclude
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29bb2..0000000000
diff --git a/debianpkg/backports/debian8/versionext b/debianpkg/backports/debian8/versionext
deleted file mode 100644
index 4824521f8c..0000000000
--- a/debianpkg/backports/debian8/versionext
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
--1~debian8+1
diff --git a/debianpkg/backports/debian9/debian/source/format b/debianpkg/backports/debian9/debian/source/format
deleted file mode 100644
index 163aaf8d82..0000000000
--- a/debianpkg/backports/debian9/debian/source/format
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-3.0 (quilt)
diff --git a/debianpkg/backports/debian9/exclude b/debianpkg/backports/debian9/exclude
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29bb2..0000000000
diff --git a/debianpkg/backports/debian9/versionext b/debianpkg/backports/debian9/versionext
deleted file mode 100644
index db85932115..0000000000
--- a/debianpkg/backports/debian9/versionext
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
--1~debian9+1
diff --git a/debianpkg/backports/rules b/debianpkg/backports/rules
deleted file mode 100755
index d0c6dcc066..0000000000
--- a/debianpkg/backports/rules
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,137 +0,0 @@
-.PHONY: backports $(KNOWN_BACKPORTS)
-
-# error out if these files are missing
-required_files = $(foreach backport,$(KNOWN_BACKPORTS), \
-	$(addprefix debian/backports/$(backport)/, \
-		debian/source/format \
-		versionext \
-		exclude))
-$(if $(filter-out $(wildcard $(required_files)),$(required_files)), \
-	$(error missing required backports files: \
-		$(filter-out $(wildcard $(required_files)),$(required_files)). \
-		see debian/backports/README) \
-)
-
-TARBALLDIR ?= $(shell dh_testdir debian/changelog && realpath .)
-
-define backports-targets
-# if this file is empty, no automatic changelog entry is created
-VERSIONEXT_$(1) ?= $(strip \
-	$(shell cat $(wildcard debian/backports/$(1)/versionext)))
-DEBIAN_VERSION_$(1) = $(DEBIAN_VERSION)$$(VERSIONEXT_$(1))
-BACKPORTDIR_$(1) = $(realpath debian/backports/$(1))
-
-# as of right now, must be '3.0 (quilt)'
-SOURCEFORMAT_$(1) ?= $(strip \
-	$(shell cat debian/backports/$(1)/debian/source/format))
-
-# files checked for the dirhash (see below)
-FINDCMD_$(1) = find -L debian/backports/$(1)/debian \
-	-type f \
-	! -path debian/backports/$(1)/debian/changelog
-
-# files *not* pulled from the root debian directory into the backport tarball:
-# debian/changelog (copied and edited for backport version entry)
-# debian/backports itself (relevant contents are copied out separately)
-# anything provided in the current backports debian dir
-# anything specified in the 'exclude' file in the current backports debian dir
-EXCLUDEROOT_$(1) = debian/changelog debian/backports \
-	$$(subst debian/backports/$(1)/,,$$(shell $$(FINDCMD_$(1)))) \
-	$$(shell cat debian/backports/$(1)/exclude)
-
-EXCLUDEROOT_TAR_$(1) = $$(foreach file,$$(EXCLUDEROOT_$(1)),--exclude $$(file))
-EXCLUDEROOT_FIND_$(1) = $$(foreach file,$$(EXCLUDEROOT_$(1)),-o -path $$(file))
-
-# find command resulting in all files that *will* be pulled into the backport
-# tarball.
-FINDCMDROOT_$(1) = find -L debian/ \
-	'(' -false $$(EXCLUDEROOT_FIND_$(1)) ')' -prune -o \
-	-type f -a '!' '(' -false $$(EXCLUDEROOT_FIND_$(1)) ')'
-
-# usually using `find' output for dependencies has the downfall of not tracking
-# file removal. Work around that by introducing a dependency on a file whose
-# name contains the hash of `find' output, so that the name will change when a
-# file is deleted.
-DIRHASH_$(1) = \
-	$$(shell $$(FINDCMD_$(1)) | sha1sum | sed -r 's/^(......).*/\1/')
-DIRHASHROOT_$(1) = \
-	$$(shell $$(FINDCMDROOT_$(1)) | sha1sum | sed -r 's/^(......).*/\1/')
-
-CONTROL_$(1) = $$(strip \
-	$$(if $$(wildcard $$(BACKPORTDIR_$(1))/debian/control), \
-		$$(BACKPORTDIR_$(1))/debian/control, \
-		$(realpath debian/control) \
-	))
-
-# TARGETS:
-
-$(1): $(TARBALLDIR)/$(SRCPKG)_$$(DEBIAN_VERSION_$(1)).dsc ;
-
-# we use 3.0 (custom) to build a source package directly from tarballs,
-# bypassing the usual checks (which wouldn't like our combination-of-
-# directories approach)
-$(TARBALLDIR)/$(SRCPKG)_$$(DEBIAN_VERSION_$(1)).dsc:
-	dpkg-source -l$$(BACKPORTDIR_$(1))/debian/changelog \
-		-c$$(CONTROL_$(1)) \
-		--format='3.0 (custom)' \
-		--target-format='$$(SOURCEFORMAT_$(1))' \
-		-b . $$^
-	mv $(TARBALLDIR)/../$$(notdir $$@) $$@
-
-ifeq ($$(SOURCEFORMAT_$(1)),3.0 (quilt))
-# this target depends on the orig.tar.gz file, for which there is no target in
-# this makefile. It is assumed to either already exist or be built by a target
-# provided elsewhere in debian/rules (e.g. via pristine-tar)
-$$(if $$(findstring $(ORIG_VERSION),$$(DEBIAN_VERSION_$(1))), \
-	$$(info downstream version matches upstream version (good)), \
-	$$(error quilt format expects downstream version \
-		($$(DEBIAN_VERSION_$(1))) to contain upstream version \
-		($(ORIG_VERSION)). Make a new debian/changelog entry \
-		to reflect the new upstream release) \
-)
-
-$(TARBALLDIR)/$(SRCPKG)_$$(DEBIAN_VERSION_$(1)).dsc: \
-		$(TARBALLDIR)/$(SRCPKG)_$(ORIG_VERSION).orig.tar.gz \
-		$(TARBALLDIR)/$(SRCPKG)_$$(DEBIAN_VERSION_$(1)).debian.tar.xz
-else
-$$(error unsupported source format for $(1) backport: $$(SOURCEFORMAT_$(1)))
-endif #SOURCEFORMAT_$(1)
-
-# for 3.0 (quilt)
-$(TARBALLDIR)/$(SRCPKG)_$$(DEBIAN_VERSION_$(1)).debian.tar.xz: \
-		$$(BACKPORTDIR_$(1))/debian/changelog \
-		$$(shell $$(FINDCMD_$(1))) \
-		$$(BACKPORTDIR_$(1))/$$(DIRHASH_$(1)).backport.dirhash \
-		$$(shell $$(FINDCMDROOT_$(1))) \
-		$$(BACKPORTDIR_$(1))/$$(DIRHASHROOT_$(1)).root.dirhash \
-		$$(BACKPORTDIR_$(1))/exclude
-	rm -f $$(subst .tar.xz,.tar,$$@) $$@
-	tar -chf $$(subst .tar.xz,.tar,$$@) \
-		--exclude-vcs $$(EXCLUDEROOT_TAR_$(1)) debian/
-	cd debian/backports/$(1) && tar -uhf $$(subst .tar.xz,.tar,$$@) \
-		--exclude-vcs debian/
-	xz $$(subst .tar.xz,.tar,$$@)
-
-$$(BACKPORTDIR_$(1))/debian/changelog: \
-		debian/changelog \
-		debian/backports/$(1)/versionext
-	rm -f debian/backports/$(1)/debian/changelog
-	cp $$< $$@
-	$(if $$(VERSIONEXT_$(1)), \
-		dch -c $$@ -v '$$(DEBIAN_VERSION_$(1))' -b \
-			'backport to $(1) systems', \
-	)
-
-$$(BACKPORTDIR_$(1))/$$(DIRHASH_$(1)).backport.dirhash:
-	rm -f debian/backports/$(1)/*.backport.dirhash
-	touch $$@
-
-$$(BACKPORTDIR_$(1))/$$(DIRHASHROOT_$(1)).root.dirhash:
-	rm -f debian/backports/$(1)/*.root.dirhash
-	touch $$@
-
-endef # backports-targets
-$(foreach backport,$(KNOWN_BACKPORTS),$(eval \
-	$(call backports-targets,$(backport))))
-
-backports: $(KNOWN_BACKPORTS)
diff --git a/debianpkg/backports/ubuntu14.04/debian/control b/debianpkg/backports/ubuntu14.04/debian/control
deleted file mode 100644
index 3f31f18462..0000000000
--- a/debianpkg/backports/ubuntu14.04/debian/control
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,56 +0,0 @@
-Source: frr
-Section: net
-Priority: optional
-Maintainer: Nobody <nobody@frrouting.org>
-Uploaders: Nobody <nobody@frrouting.org>
-XSBC-Original-Maintainer: <maintainers@frrouting.org>
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 7.0.50~), libncurses5-dev, libreadline-dev, texlive-latex-base, texlive-generic-recommended, libpam0g-dev | libpam-dev, libcap-dev, texinfo (>= 4.7), imagemagick, ghostscript, groff, autotools-dev, libpcre3-dev, gawk, chrpath, libsnmp-dev, git, dh-autoreconf, libjson-c-dev, libjson-c2, pkg-config, python (>= 2.7), python-ipaddr
-Standards-Version: 3.9.6
-Homepage: http://www.frrouting.org/
-XS-Testsuite: autopkgtest
-
-Package: frr
-Architecture: any
-Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, logrotate (>= 3.2-11), ${misc:Depends}
-Pre-Depends: adduser
-Conflicts: zebra, zebra-pj, quagga
-Replaces: zebra, zebra-pj
-Suggests: snmpd
-Description: BGP/OSPF/RIP/RIPng/ISIS/PIM/LDP routing daemon forked from Quagga
- FRR is free software which manages TCP/IP based routing protocols.
- It supports BGP4, BGP4+, OSPFv2, OSPFv3, IS-IS, RIPv1, RIPv2, RIPng,
- PIM and LDP as well as the IPv6 versions of these.
- .
- FRR is a fork of Quagga with an open community model. The main git
- lives on https://github.com/frrouting/frr.git
-
-Package: frr-dbg
-Architecture: any
-Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}, frr (= ${binary:Version})
-Priority: extra
-Section: debug
-Description: BGP/OSPF/RIP/RIPng/ISIS/PIM/LDP routing daemon (debug symbols)
- This package provides debugging symbols for all binary packages built 
- from frr source package. It's highly recommended to have this package
- installed before reporting any FRR crashes to either FRR developers or 
- Debian package maintainers.
-
-Package: frr-doc
-Section: net
-Architecture: all
-Depends: ${misc:Depends}
-Suggests: frr
-Description: BGP/OSPF/RIP/RIPng/ISIS/PIM/LDP routing daemon (documentation)
- This package includes info files for frr, a free software which manages
- TCP/IP based routing protocols.  It supports BGP4, BGP4+, OSPFv2, OSPFv3,
- IS-IS, RIPv1, RIPv2, RIPng, PIM and LDP as well as the IPv6 versions of these.
-
-Package: frr-pythontools
-Section: net
-Architecture: all
-Depends: ${misc:Depends}, frr (= ${binary:Version}), python (>= 2.7), python-ipaddr
-Description: BGP/OSPF/RIP/RIPng/ISIS/PIM/LDP routing daemon (Python Tools)
- This package includes info files for frr, a free software which manages
- TCP/IP based routing protocols.  It supports BGP4, BGP4+, OSPFv2, OSPFv3,
- IS-IS, RIPv1, RIPv2, RIPng, PIM and LDP as well as the IPv6 versions of these.
-
diff --git a/debianpkg/backports/ubuntu14.04/debian/frr.install b/debianpkg/backports/ubuntu14.04/debian/frr.install
deleted file mode 100644
index 7fb81c44a0..0000000000
--- a/debianpkg/backports/ubuntu14.04/debian/frr.install
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-etc/frr/
-usr/bin/vtysh
-usr/bin/mtracebis
-usr/include/frr/
-usr/lib/
-usr/share/doc/frr/
-usr/share/snmp/mibs/
-usr/share/yang/
-tools/etc/* etc/
-tools/*.service    lib/systemd/system
-debian/frr.conf  usr/lib/tmpfiles.d
diff --git a/debianpkg/backports/ubuntu14.04/debian/rules b/debianpkg/backports/ubuntu14.04/debian/rules
deleted file mode 100755
index 21b442d85a..0000000000
--- a/debianpkg/backports/ubuntu14.04/debian/rules
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,206 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/make -f
-
-# FRRouting Configuration options
-######################################
-#
-#    WANT_xxxx   --> Set to 1 for enable, 0 for disable
-# The following are the defaults. They can be overridden by setting a 
-# env variable to a different value
-
-WANT_LDP ?= 1
-WANT_PIM ?= 1
-WANT_OSPFAPI ?= 1
-WANT_BGP_VNC ?= 1
-WANT_CUMULUS_MODE ?= 0
-WANT_MULTIPATH ?= 1
-WANT_SNMP ?= 0
-WANT_RPKI ?= 0
-WANT_BFD ?= 1
-
-# NOTES:
-#
-# If you use WANT_RPKI, then there is a new dependency for librtr0 package
-#    and a build dependency of the librtr-dev package.
-#    While the librtr0 is added to the depenencies automatically, the build
-#    dependency can't be changed dynamically and building will fail if the
-#    librtr-dev isn't installed during package build
-#    Tested versions of both packages can be found at
-#    https://ci1.netdef.org/browse/RPKI-RTRLIB/latestSuccessful/artifact
-#
-# If multipath is enabled (WANT_MULTIPATH=1), then set number of multipaths here
-#    Please be aware that 0 is NOT disabled, but treated as unlimited
-
-MULTIPATH ?= 256
-
-# Set the following to the value required (or leave alone for the default below)
-# WANT_FRR_USER is used for the username and groupname of the FRR user account
-
-WANT_FRR_USER ?= frr
-WANT_FRR_VTY_GROUP ?= frrvty
-
-# Don't build PDF docs by default
-GENERATE_PDF ?= 0
-
-#
-####################################
-
-export DH_VERBOSE=1
-export DEB_BUILD_MAINT_OPTIONS = hardening=+all
-export DH_OPTIONS=-v
-
-ifeq ($(WANT_SNMP), 1)
-  USE_SNMP=--enable-snmp
-  $(warning "DEBIAN: SNMP enabled, sorry for your inconvenience")
-else
-  USE_SNMP=--disable-snmp
-  $(warning "DEBIAN: SNMP disabled, see README.Debian")
-endif
-
-ifeq ($(WANT_LDP), 1)
-  USE_LDP=--enable-ldpd
-else
-  USE_LDP=--disable-ldpd
-endif
-
-ifeq ($(WANT_PIM), 1)
-  USE_PIM=--enable-pimd
-else
-  USE_PIM=--disable-pimd
-endif
-
-ifeq ($(WANT_OSPFAPI), 1)
-  USE_OSPFAPI=--enable-ospfapi=yes
-else
-  USE_OSPFAPI=--enable-ospfapi=no
-endif
-
-ifeq ($(WANT_BGP_VNC), 1)
-  USE_BGP_VNC=--enable-bgp-vnc=yes
-else
-  USE_BGP_VNC=--enable-bgp-vnc=no
-endif
-
-USE_FRR_USER=--enable-user=$(WANT_FRR_USER)
-USE_FRR_GROUP=--enable-group=$(WANT_FRR_USER)
-USE_FRR_VTY_GROUP=--enable-vty-group=$(WANT_FRR_VTY_GROUP)
-
-ifeq ($(WANT_MULTIPATH), 1)
-  USE_MULTIPATH=--enable-multipath=$(MULTIPATH)
-else
-  USE_MULTIPATH=--disable-multipath
-endif
-
-ifeq ($(WANT_CUMULUS_MODE), 1)
-  USE_CUMULUS=--enable-cumulus=yes
-else
-  USE_CUMULUS=--enable-cumulus=no
-endif
-
-ifeq ($(WANT_RPKI), 1)
-  USE_RPKI=--enable-rpki
-else
-  USE_RPKI=--disable-rpki
-endif
-
-ifeq ($(WANT_BFD), 1)
-  USE_BFD=--enable-bfdd
-else
-  USE_BFD=--disable-bfdd
-endif
-
-ifneq (,$(filter parallel=%,$(DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS)))
-  DEBIAN_JOBS := $(subst parallel=,,$(filter parallel=%,$(DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS)))
-endif
-
-ifdef DEBIAN_JOBS
-MAKEFLAGS += -j$(DEBIAN_JOBS)
-endif
-
-%:
-	dh $@ --with=autoreconf --parallel --dbg-package=frr-dbg --list-missing
-
-override_dh_gencontrol:
-ifeq ($(WANT_RPKI), 1)
-	dh_gencontrol -- -Vdist:Depends="librtr0 (>= 0.5)"
-else
-	dh_gencontrol
-endif
-
-override_dh_auto_configure:
-	# Frr needs /proc to check some BSD vs Linux specific stuff.
-	# Else it fails with an obscure error message pointing out that
-	# IPCTL_FORWARDING is an undefined symbol which is not very helpful.
-	@if ! [ -d /proc/1 ]; then \
-		echo "./configure needs a mounted /proc"; \
-		exit 1; \
-	fi
-
-	if ! [ -e config.status ]; then \
-	dh_auto_configure -- \
-		--enable-exampledir=/usr/share/doc/frr/examples/ \
-		--localstatedir=/var/run/frr \
-		--sbindir=/usr/lib/frr \
-		--sysconfdir=/etc/frr \
-		$(USE_SNMP) \
-		$(USE_OSPFAPI) \
-		$(USE_MULTIPATH) \
-		$(USE_LDP) \
-		--enable-fpm \
-		$(USE_FRR_USER) $(USE_FRR_GROUP) \
-		$(USE_FRR_VTY_GROUP) \
-		--enable-configfile-mask=0640 \
-		--enable-logfile-mask=0640 \
-		--with-libpam \
-		--enable-systemd=no \
-		--enable-poll=yes \
-		$(USE_CUMULUS) \
-		$(USE_PIM) \
-		--enable-dependency-tracking \
-		$(USE_BGP_VNC) \
-		$(USE_RPKI) \
-		$(USE_BFD) \
-		$(shell dpkg-buildflags --export=configure); \
-	fi
-
-override_dh_auto_build:
-	#dh_auto_build
-	$(MAKE)
-
-	# doc/ is a bit crazy
-ifeq ($(GENERATE_PDF), 1)
-	dh_auto_build -- -C doc pdf
-endif
-	rm -vf doc/_build/texinfo/frr.info
-	dh_auto_build -- -C doc info
-
-override_dh_auto_test:
-
-override_dh_auto_install:
-	dh_auto_install
-
-	cp tools/frrinit.sh debian/frr.init
-
-	# installed in frr-pythontools
-	rm debian/tmp/usr/lib/frr/frr-reload.py
-
-	# cleaning up the info dir
-	rm -f debian/tmp/usr/share/info/dir*
-
-	# install config files
-	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*
-
-	# leftover from previously shipping SMUX client OID MIB
-	mkdir -p debian/tmp/usr/share/snmp/mibs/
-
-	# cleaning .la files
-	sed -i "/dependency_libs/ s/'.*'/''/" debian/tmp/usr/lib/*.la
-	sed -i "/dependency_libs/ s/'.*'/''/" debian/tmp/usr/lib/frr/modules/*.la
-	sed -i "/dependency_libs/ s/'.*'/''/" debian/tmp/usr/lib/frr/libyang_plugins/*.la
-
-override_dh_systemd_start:
-	dh_systemd_start frr.service
-
-override_dh_systemd_enable:
-	dh_systemd_enable frr.service
-
diff --git a/debianpkg/backports/ubuntu14.04/debian/source/format b/debianpkg/backports/ubuntu14.04/debian/source/format
deleted file mode 100644
index 163aaf8d82..0000000000
--- a/debianpkg/backports/ubuntu14.04/debian/source/format
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-3.0 (quilt)
diff --git a/debianpkg/backports/ubuntu14.04/exclude b/debianpkg/backports/ubuntu14.04/exclude
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29bb2..0000000000
diff --git a/debianpkg/backports/ubuntu14.04/versionext b/debianpkg/backports/ubuntu14.04/versionext
deleted file mode 100644
index c5be0650af..0000000000
--- a/debianpkg/backports/ubuntu14.04/versionext
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
--1~ubuntu14.04+1
diff --git a/debianpkg/backports/ubuntu16.04/debian/source/format b/debianpkg/backports/ubuntu16.04/debian/source/format
deleted file mode 100644
index 163aaf8d82..0000000000
--- a/debianpkg/backports/ubuntu16.04/debian/source/format
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-3.0 (quilt)
diff --git a/debianpkg/backports/ubuntu16.04/exclude b/debianpkg/backports/ubuntu16.04/exclude
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29bb2..0000000000
diff --git a/debianpkg/backports/ubuntu16.04/versionext b/debianpkg/backports/ubuntu16.04/versionext
deleted file mode 100644
index dc33d97a12..0000000000
--- a/debianpkg/backports/ubuntu16.04/versionext
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
--1~ubuntu16.04+1
diff --git a/debianpkg/backports/ubuntu17.10/debian/control b/debianpkg/backports/ubuntu17.10/debian/control
deleted file mode 100644
index ce73f9d1b0..0000000000
--- a/debianpkg/backports/ubuntu17.10/debian/control
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,54 +0,0 @@
-Source: frr
-Section: net
-Priority: optional
-Maintainer: Nobody <nobody@frrouting.org>
-Uploaders: Nobody <nobody@frrouting.org>
-XSBC-Original-Maintainer: <maintainers@frrouting.org>
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 7.0.50~), libncurses5-dev, libreadline-dev, texlive-latex-base, texlive-generic-recommended, libpam0g-dev | libpam-dev, libcap-dev, texinfo (>= 4.7), imagemagick, ghostscript, groff, autotools-dev, libpcre3-dev, gawk, chrpath, libsnmp-dev, git, dh-autoreconf, libjson-c-dev, libjson-c2 | libjson-c3, dh-systemd, libsystemd-dev, bison, flex, libc-ares-dev, pkg-config, python (>= 2.7), python-ipaddress, libpython-dev
-Standards-Version: 3.9.6
-Homepage: http://www.frrouting.org/
-
-Package: frr
-Architecture: any
-Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, logrotate (>= 3.2-11), iproute2 | iproute, ${misc:Depends}, libc-ares2
-Pre-Depends: adduser
-Conflicts: zebra, zebra-pj, quagga
-Replaces: zebra, zebra-pj
-Suggests: snmpd
-Description: BGP/OSPF/RIP/RIPng/ISIS/PIM/LDP routing daemon forked from Quagga
- FRR is free software which manages TCP/IP based routing protocols.
- It supports BGP4, BGP4+, OSPFv2, OSPFv3, IS-IS, RIPv1, RIPv2, RIPng,
- PIM and LDP as well as the IPv6 versions of these.
- .
- FRR is a fork of Quagga with an open community model. The main git
- lives on https://github.com/frrouting/frr.git
-
-Package: frr-dbg
-Architecture: any
-Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}, frr (= ${binary:Version})
-Priority: optional
-Section: debug
-Description: BGP/OSPF/RIP/RIPng/ISIS/PIM/LDP routing daemon (debug symbols)
- This package provides debugging symbols for all binary packages built 
- from frr source package. It's highly recommended to have this package
- installed before reporting any FRR crashes to either FRR developers or 
- Debian package maintainers.
-
-Package: frr-doc
-Section: net
-Architecture: all
-Depends: ${misc:Depends}
-Suggests: frr
-Description: BGP/OSPF/RIP/RIPng/ISIS/PIM/LDP routing daemon (documentation)
- This package includes info files for frr, a free software which manages
- TCP/IP based routing protocols.  It supports BGP4, BGP4+, OSPFv2, OSPFv3,
- IS-IS, RIPv1, RIPv2, RIPng, PIM and LDP as well as the IPv6 versions of these.
-
-Package: frr-pythontools
-Section: net
-Architecture: all
-Depends: ${misc:Depends}, frr (= ${binary:Version}), python (>= 2.7), python-ipaddress
-Description: BGP/OSPF/RIP/RIPng/ISIS/PIM/LDP routing daemon (Python Tools)
- This package includes info files for frr, a free software which manages
- TCP/IP based routing protocols.  It supports BGP4, BGP4+, OSPFv2, OSPFv3,
- IS-IS, RIPv1, RIPv2, RIPng, PIM and LDP as well as the IPv6 versions of these.
diff --git a/debianpkg/backports/ubuntu17.10/debian/source/format b/debianpkg/backports/ubuntu17.10/debian/source/format
deleted file mode 100644
index 163aaf8d82..0000000000
--- a/debianpkg/backports/ubuntu17.10/debian/source/format
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-3.0 (quilt)
diff --git a/debianpkg/backports/ubuntu17.10/exclude b/debianpkg/backports/ubuntu17.10/exclude
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29bb2..0000000000
diff --git a/debianpkg/backports/ubuntu17.10/versionext b/debianpkg/backports/ubuntu17.10/versionext
deleted file mode 100644
index bfbeccd653..0000000000
--- a/debianpkg/backports/ubuntu17.10/versionext
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
--1~ubuntu17.10+1
diff --git a/debianpkg/backports/ubuntu18.04/debian/control b/debianpkg/backports/ubuntu18.04/debian/control
deleted file mode 100644
index 3fccb46b7a..0000000000
--- a/debianpkg/backports/ubuntu18.04/debian/control
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,54 +0,0 @@
-Source: frr
-Section: net
-Priority: optional
-Maintainer: Nobody <nobody@frrouting.org>
-Uploaders: Nobody <nobody@frrouting.org>
-XSBC-Original-Maintainer: <maintainers@frrouting.org>
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 7.0.50~), libncurses5-dev, libreadline-dev, texlive-latex-base, texlive-generic-recommended, libpam0g-dev | libpam-dev, libcap-dev, texinfo (>= 4.7), imagemagick, ghostscript, groff, autotools-dev, libpcre3-dev, gawk, chrpath, libsnmp-dev, git, dh-autoreconf, libjson-c-dev, libjson-c2 | libjson-c3, dh-systemd, libsystemd-dev, bison, flex, libc-ares-dev, pkg-config, python (>= 2.7), python-ipaddress, python-sphinx, libpython-dev
-Standards-Version: 3.9.6
-Homepage: http://www.frrouting.org/
-
-Package: frr
-Architecture: any
-Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, logrotate (>= 3.2-11), iproute2 | iproute, ${misc:Depends}, libc-ares2
-Pre-Depends: adduser
-Conflicts: zebra, zebra-pj, quagga
-Replaces: zebra, zebra-pj
-Suggests: snmpd
-Description: BGP/OSPF/RIP/RIPng/ISIS/PIM/LDP routing daemon forked from Quagga
- FRR is free software which manages TCP/IP based routing protocols.
- It supports BGP4, BGP4+, OSPFv2, OSPFv3, IS-IS, RIPv1, RIPv2, RIPng,
- PIM and LDP as well as the IPv6 versions of these.
- .
- FRR is a fork of Quagga with an open community model. The main git
- lives on https://github.com/frrouting/frr.git
-
-Package: frr-dbg
-Architecture: any
-Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}, frr (= ${binary:Version})
-Priority: optional
-Section: debug
-Description: BGP/OSPF/RIP/RIPng/ISIS/PIM/LDP routing daemon (debug symbols)
- This package provides debugging symbols for all binary packages built 
- from frr source package. It's highly recommended to have this package
- installed before reporting any FRR crashes to either FRR developers or 
- Debian package maintainers.
-
-Package: frr-doc
-Section: net
-Architecture: all
-Depends: ${misc:Depends}
-Suggests: frr
-Description: BGP/OSPF/RIP/RIPng/ISIS/PIM/LDP routing daemon (documentation)
- This package includes info files for frr, a free software which manages
- TCP/IP based routing protocols.  It supports BGP4, BGP4+, OSPFv2, OSPFv3,
- IS-IS, RIPv1, RIPv2, RIPng, PIM and LDP as well as the IPv6 versions of these.
-
-Package: frr-pythontools
-Section: net
-Architecture: all
-Depends: ${misc:Depends}, frr (= ${binary:Version}), python (>= 2.7), python-ipaddress
-Description: BGP/OSPF/RIP/RIPng/ISIS/PIM/LDP routing daemon (Python Tools)
- This package includes info files for frr, a free software which manages
- TCP/IP based routing protocols.  It supports BGP4, BGP4+, OSPFv2, OSPFv3,
- IS-IS, RIPv1, RIPv2, RIPng, PIM and LDP as well as the IPv6 versions of these.
diff --git a/debianpkg/backports/ubuntu18.04/debian/source/format b/debianpkg/backports/ubuntu18.04/debian/source/format
deleted file mode 100644
index 163aaf8d82..0000000000
--- a/debianpkg/backports/ubuntu18.04/debian/source/format
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-3.0 (quilt)
diff --git a/debianpkg/backports/ubuntu18.04/exclude b/debianpkg/backports/ubuntu18.04/exclude
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29bb2..0000000000
diff --git a/debianpkg/backports/ubuntu18.04/versionext b/debianpkg/backports/ubuntu18.04/versionext
deleted file mode 100644
index 832fb4c32b..0000000000
--- a/debianpkg/backports/ubuntu18.04/versionext
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
--1~ubuntu18.04+1
diff --git a/debianpkg/control b/debianpkg/control
index 04481a7df4..f3699e9f68 100644
--- a/debianpkg/control
+++ b/debianpkg/control
@@ -10,21 +10,21 @@ Build-Depends:
  chrpath,
  debhelper (>= 7.0.50~),
  dh-autoreconf,
- dh-systemd,
+ dh-systemd <!pkg.frr.nosystemd>,
  flex,
  gawk,
  git,
  install-info,
  libc-ares-dev,
  libcap-dev,
- libjson-c-dev,
- libjson-c2 | libjson-c3,
+ libjson0 | libjson-c2 | libjson-c3,
+ libjson0-dev | libjson-c-dev,
  libpam0g-dev | libpam-dev,
  libpcre3-dev,
  libpython-dev | libpython3-dev,
  libreadline-dev,
  libsnmp-dev,
- libsystemd-dev,
+ libsystemd-dev <!pkg.frr.nosystemd>,
  pkg-config,
  python (>= 2.7) | python3,
  python-sphinx | python3-sphinx,
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ Depends:
  ${misc:Depends},
  ${shlibs:Depends},
  iproute2 | iproute,
- libc-ares2,
  logrotate (>= 3.2-11)
 Pre-Depends: adduser
 Conflicts: zebra, zebra-pj, quagga
@@ -83,8 +82,8 @@ Architecture: all
 Depends:
  ${misc:Depends},
  frr (= ${binary:Version}),
- python (>= 2.7),
- python-ipaddr
+ python (>= 2.7) | python3,
+ python-ipaddr | python-ipaddress
 Description: BGP/OSPF/RIP/RIPng/ISIS/PIM/LDP routing daemon (Python Tools)
  This package includes info files for frr, a free software which manages
  TCP/IP based routing protocols.  It supports BGP4, BGP4+, OSPFv2, OSPFv3,
diff --git a/debianpkg/frr-doc.install b/debianpkg/frr-doc.install
index 8854b2c547..79dbf5fb78 100644
--- a/debianpkg/frr-doc.install
+++ b/debianpkg/frr-doc.install
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
+usr/share/info/
 doc/user/_build/texinfo/*.png usr/share/info
diff --git a/debianpkg/frr.install b/debianpkg/frr.install
index a53c5d1385..13c5dd27a4 100644
--- a/debianpkg/frr.install
+++ b/debianpkg/frr.install
@@ -3,10 +3,9 @@ usr/bin/vtysh
 usr/bin/mtracebis
 usr/include/frr/
 usr/lib/
-tools/frr usr/lib/frr
 usr/share/doc/frr/
+usr/share/man/
 usr/share/yang/
 tools/etc/* etc/
-tools/*.service lib/systemd/system
 tools/frr-reload usr/lib/frr/
 debian/frr.conf usr/lib/tmpfiles.d
diff --git a/debianpkg/rules b/debianpkg/rules
index 12d6c3545c..a4812293b0 100755
--- a/debianpkg/rules
+++ b/debianpkg/rules
@@ -105,16 +105,17 @@ ifdef DEBIAN_JOBS
 MAKEFLAGS += -j$(DEBIAN_JOBS)
 endif
 
-%:
-	dh $@ --with=systemd,autoreconf --parallel --dbg-package=frr-dbg --list-missing
-
-override_dh_gencontrol:
-ifeq ($(WANT_RPKI), 1)
-	dh_gencontrol -- -Vdist:Depends="librtr0 (>= 0.5)"
+ifeq ($(filter pkg.frr.nosystemd,$(DEB_BUILD_PROFILES)),)
+  DH_WITH_SYSTEMD=systemd,
+  USE_SYSTEMD=--enable-systemd=yes
 else
-	dh_gencontrol
+  DH_WITH_SYSTEMD=
+  USE_SYSTEMD=--enable-systemd=no
 endif
 
+%:
+	dh $@ --with=$(DH_WITH_SYSTEMD)autoreconf --parallel --dbg-package=frr-dbg --list-missing
+
 override_dh_auto_configure:
 	if ! [ -e config.status ]; then \
 	dh_auto_configure -- \
@@ -132,7 +133,7 @@ override_dh_auto_configure:
 		--enable-logfile-mask=0640 \
 		$(USE_WERROR) \
 		--with-libpam \
-		--enable-systemd=yes \
+		$(USE_SYSTEMD) \
 		$(USE_CUMULUS) \
 		--disable-dependency-tracking \
 		$(USE_BGP_VNC) \
@@ -140,19 +141,18 @@ override_dh_auto_configure:
 		$(shell dpkg-buildflags --export=configure); \
 	fi
 
-override_dh_auto_build:
-	dh_auto_build
-
-override_dh_auto_test:
-
 override_dh_auto_install:
 	dh_auto_install
 
 	# installed in frr-pythontools
 	rm debian/tmp/usr/lib/frr/frr-reload.py
 
-	# cleaning up the info dir
-	rm -f debian/tmp/usr/share/info/dir*
+	# let dh_systemd_* and dh_installinit do their thing automatically
+ifeq ($(filter pkg.frr.nosystemd,$(DEB_BUILD_PROFILES)),)
+	cp tools/frr.service debian/frr.service
+else
+	cp tools/frr debian/frr.init
+endif
 
 	# install config files
 	mkdir -p debian/tmp/etc/frr/
@@ -162,38 +162,3 @@ override_dh_auto_install:
 	rm debian/tmp/usr/lib/*.la
 	rm debian/tmp/usr/lib/frr/modules/*.la
 	rm debian/tmp/usr/lib/frr/libyang_plugins/*.la
-
-override_dh_systemd_start:
-	dh_systemd_start frr.service
-
-override_dh_systemd_enable:
-	dh_systemd_enable frr.service
-
-# backports
-SRCPKG = frr
-KNOWN_BACKPORTS = debian8 debian9 ubuntu14.04 ubuntu16.04 ubuntu17.10 ubuntu18.04
-DEBIAN_VERSION := $(shell dh_testdir && \
-		dpkg-parsechangelog -c1 < debian/changelog | \
-		sed -rn 's/^Version: ?//p')
-ORIG_VERSION := $(DEBIAN_VERSION)
--include debian/backports/rules
-
-ifneq ($(TARBALLDIR),)
-ifeq ($(wildcard frr-$(ORIG_VERSION).tar.gz),frr-$(ORIG_VERSION).tar.gz)
-
-$(TARBALLDIR)/$(SRCPKG)_$(ORIG_VERSION).orig.tar.gz: \
-		frr-$(ORIG_VERSION).tar.gz
-	cp $< $@
-
-else # wildcard frr-$(ORIG_VERSION).tar.gz
-
-# better error message on missing .orig.tar.gz
-$(TARBALLDIR)/$(SRCPKG)_$(ORIG_VERSION).orig.tar.gz:
-	@ echo "\`$(TARBALLDIR)/$(SRCPKG)-$(ORIG_VERSION).tar.gz'" not \
-		found and not generated by debian/rules. Provided you have the \
-		necessary packages installed, you can generate it yourself via \
-		"\"./bootstrap.sh && ./configure && make dist\"".
-	exit 1
-
-endif # wildcard frr-$(ORIG_VERSION).tar.gz
-endif # TARBALLDIR nonempty
diff --git a/debianpkg/subdir.am b/debianpkg/subdir.am
index af17e4642a..e9a8d764b5 100644
--- a/debianpkg/subdir.am
+++ b/debianpkg/subdir.am
@@ -15,32 +15,6 @@ EXTRA_DIST += \
 	debianpkg/tests/daemons \
 	debianpkg/watchfrr.rc \
 	\
-	debianpkg/backports/README \
-	debianpkg/backports/rules \
-	debianpkg/backports/debian8/debian/source/format \
-	debianpkg/backports/debian8/exclude \
-	debianpkg/backports/debian8/versionext \
-	debianpkg/backports/debian9/debian/source/format \
-	debianpkg/backports/debian9/exclude \
-	debianpkg/backports/debian9/versionext \
-	debianpkg/backports/ubuntu14.04/debian/control \
-	debianpkg/backports/ubuntu14.04/debian/frr.install \
-	debianpkg/backports/ubuntu14.04/debian/rules \
-	debianpkg/backports/ubuntu14.04/debian/source/format \
-	debianpkg/backports/ubuntu14.04/exclude \
-	debianpkg/backports/ubuntu14.04/versionext \
-	debianpkg/backports/ubuntu16.04/debian/source/format \
-	debianpkg/backports/ubuntu16.04/exclude \
-	debianpkg/backports/ubuntu16.04/versionext \
-	debianpkg/backports/ubuntu17.10/debian/control \
-	debianpkg/backports/ubuntu17.10/debian/source/format \
-	debianpkg/backports/ubuntu17.10/exclude \
-	debianpkg/backports/ubuntu17.10/versionext \
-	debianpkg/backports/ubuntu18.04/debian/control \
-	debianpkg/backports/ubuntu18.04/debian/source/format \
-	debianpkg/backports/ubuntu18.04/exclude \
-	debianpkg/backports/ubuntu18.04/versionext \
-	\
 	debianpkg/frr-dbg.lintian-overrides \
 	debianpkg/frr-doc.docs \
 	debianpkg/frr-doc.info \