3 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 9712a034d..630e50839 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -108,6 +108,8 @@ Makefile
 /debian/libapt-pkg-dev/
 /debian/libapt-pkg-doc/
 /debian/apt-transport-https/
+# Copyright file copied from COPYING
+/debian/copyright
 
 # generated for and by abicheck
 /abicheck/apt_build.xml
diff --git a/debian/copyright b/debian/copyright
deleted file mode 120000
index 012065c85..000000000
--- a/debian/copyright
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-../COPYING
-\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 62d913f0a..d6921eafc 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ export CTEST_OUTPUT_ON_FAILURE=1
 %:
 	dh $@
 
+override_dh_clean:
+	cp COPYING debian/copyright
+
 override_dh_install-indep:
 	dh_install --list-missing