diff --git a/debian/initrd-tools.e2fsprogs b/debian/initrd-tools.e2fsprogs
deleted file mode 100644
index ed49db41..00000000
--- a/debian/initrd-tools.e2fsprogs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-#
-# /usr/share/initrd-tools/scripts/e2fsprogs
-#
-cp /usr/share/e2fsprogs/initrd.ext3-add-journal \
-    $INITRDDIR/scripts/ext3-add-journal.sh
-cp /sbin/tune2fs $INITRDDIR/sbin
-cp /usr/lib/e2initrd_helper $INITRDDIR/bin/e2initrd_helper
-
-case "$VERSION" in
-    2.4.*)
-        case "uname -r" in
-	    2.4.*)  :   ;;
-	    *)  LD_ASSUME_KERNEL=2.4.1
-	        export LD_ASSUME_KERNEL
-		;;
-        esac
-	;;
-esac
-
-PROGS="/sbin/tune2fs /usr/lib/e2initrd_helper"
-LIBS=`unset LD_LIBRARY_PATH LD_PRELOAD; ldd $PROGS | \
-    grep -vE 'linux-gate.so|linux-vdso.so' | sort -u | awk '{print $3}'`
-for i in $LIBS
-do
-  	if test -f /etc/ld.so.preload && grep -s ^$i\$ /etc/ld.so.preload; then
-	    continue
-	fi
-	mkdir -p `dirname $INITRDDIR/$i`
-	cp $i $INITRDDIR/$i
-done
diff --git a/debian/initrd.ext3-add-journal b/debian/initrd.ext3-add-journal
deleted file mode 100644
index 4def7b18..00000000
--- a/debian/initrd.ext3-add-journal
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-#
-# /usr/share/e2fsprogs/initrd.ext3-add-journal
-#
-cd /
-mount -nt proc proc proc
-rootdev=$(cat proc/sys/kernel/real-root-dev)
-cmdline=$(cat /proc/cmdline)
-umount -n proc
-if [ $rootdev != 256 -a $rootdev != 255 ]; then
-    mount -nt tmpfs tmpfs /dev2
-    get_device
-    roottype=`/bin/e2initrd_helper -r /dev2/root2`
-    if test -n "$roottype" ; then
-	mount -nt tmpfs tmpfs /etc
-	echo >> /etc/fstab
-	echo >> /etc/mtab
-	if test "$roottype" = "ext3" ; then
-	    /sbin/tune2fs -O has_journal /dev2/root2 > /dev/null 2>&1
-	else
-	    /sbin/tune2fs -O ^has_journal /dev2/root2 > /dev/null 2>&1
-	fi
-	umount -n /etc
-    fi
-    umount -n /dev2
-    umount -n /proc > /dev/null 2>&1
-fi
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 495c8571..9fe59e63 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -385,17 +385,6 @@ binary-arch: install install-udeb
 		$(INSTALL) -m 0644 -D -p debian/$$i ${debdir}/$${pkg}/usr/share/lintian/overrides/$${pkg} ;\
 	done
 
-  # mkinitrd script
-	mkdir -p debian/e2fsprogs/usr/share/initrd-tools/scripts
-	$(INSTALL) -p -o root -g root -m 0755 debian/initrd-tools.e2fsprogs \
-		debian/e2fsprogs/usr/share/initrd-tools/scripts/e2fsprogs
-
-  # initrd script
-	mkdir -p debian/e2fsprogs/usr/share/e2fsprogs
-	$(INSTALL) -p -o root -g root -m 0755 debian/initrd.ext3-add-journal \
-		debian/e2fsprogs/usr/share/e2fsprogs/initrd.ext3-add-journal
-
-
   # symlinks to prepare dh_installdocs run
 
 ifneq ($(UTIL_LINUX_NG),yes)