diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index dd012ea..40401e8 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -1,19 +1,19 @@
 Source: sylkserver
 Section: net
 Priority: optional
 Maintainer: Saul Ibarra <saul@ag-projects.com>
 Uploaders: Dan Pascu <dan@ag-projects.com>, Adrian Georgescu <ag@ag-projects.com>
-Build-Depends: cdbs (>= 0.4.53), debhelper (>= 7), python-all (>= 2.6), python-support
+Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 7.3.5), python-all (>= 2.6), python-support
 Standards-Version: 3.9.2
 
 Package: sylkserver
 Architecture: all
 Depends: ${python:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}, python-application (>= 1.2.6), python-eventlet-0.8, python-sipsimple (>= 0.18.1), python-sqlobject (>= 0.12.4), python-twisted-words
 Suggests: python-mysqldb
 Description: A state of the art, extensible SIP Application Server
  SylkServer allows creation and delivery of rich multimedia applications
  accessed by SIP User Agents.  The server supports SIP signaling over TLS,
  TCP and UDP transports, RTP and MSRP media planes, has built in
  capabilities for creating ad-hoc SIP multimedia conferences with HD Audio,
  IM and File Transfer and can be easily extended with other applications by
  using Python programming language.
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index e4a399b..452b725 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -1,15 +1,17 @@
 #!/usr/bin/make -f
 
-DEB_PYTHON_SYSTEM=pysupport
-DEB_DH_INSTALLINIT_ARGS=--no-start
+#export DH_VERBOSE=1
 
-include /usr/share/cdbs/1/class/python-distutils.mk
-include /usr/share/cdbs/1/rules/debhelper.mk
+%:
+	dh  $@
 
-clean::
-	-rm -rf build dist MANIFEST
+override_dh_clean:
+	dh_clean
+	rm -rf build dist MANIFEST
 
-install/sylkserver::
+override_dh_install:
 	install -m 0644 config.ini.sample debian/sylkserver/etc/sylkserver/config.ini
 	install -m 0644 conference.ini.sample debian/sylkserver/etc/sylkserver/conference.ini
+	dh_install
 
+.PHONY: override_dh_clean override_dh_install