diff --git a/debian/compat b/debian/compat
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..b8626c4cff2849624fb67f87cd0ad72b163671ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/compat
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+4
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 72dd5b3e933233a857f3e90a3ce2b276db5e18fc..ea99d99b53bcf51bab7e56edbe33f9af89d15ab2 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/make -f
 
-export DH_COMPAT=4
-
 pkg	:= rt
 debpkg  := cl-rt
 
@@ -42,7 +40,7 @@ install: build
 	dh_clean -k
 	# Add here commands to install the package into debian/rt.
 	dh_installdirs $(clc-systems) $(clc-rt)
-	dh_install debian/rt.asd rt.lisp $(clc-rt)
+	dh_install rt.asd rt.lisp $(clc-rt)
 	dh_link $(clc-rt)/rt.asd $(clc-systems)/rt.asd
 
 # Build architecture-independent files here.
diff --git a/debian/rt.asd b/rt.asd
similarity index 94%
rename from debian/rt.asd
rename to rt.asd
index b6c3e32d35a90e43960632998b992ec57ef68c6d..95daa88d305717e36cf8f0e2332626e5a7e55268 100644
--- a/debian/rt.asd
+++ b/rt.asd
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 ;;;; Programmer:    Kevin M. Rosenberg
 ;;;; Date Started:  Sep 2002
 ;;;;
-;;;; $Id: rt.asd,v 1.2 2002/11/08 16:51:40 kevin Exp $
+;;;; $Id: rt.asd,v 1.1 2003/05/11 18:43:22 kevin Exp $
 ;;;;
 ;;;; This file, part of cl-rt, is Copyright (c) 2002 by Kevin M. Rosenberg
 ;;;;