diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 2773d108..782efca0 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ Package: passwd
 Architecture: any
 Multi-Arch: foreign
 Depends:
+ base-passwd (>= 3.6.4),
  libpam-modules,
  login
 Recommends:
diff --git a/debian/login.postinst b/debian/login.postinst
deleted file mode 100644
index e91a2d53..00000000
--- a/debian/login.postinst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-set -e
-
-if [ "$1" = "configure" ]; then
-	# Create subuid/subgid if missing
-	if [ ! -e "$DPKG_ROOT/etc/subuid" ]; then
-		touch "$DPKG_ROOT/etc/subuid"
-		chown 0:0 "$DPKG_ROOT/etc/subuid"
-		chmod 644 "$DPKG_ROOT/etc/subuid"
-	fi
-
-	if [ ! -e "$DPKG_ROOT/etc/subgid" ]; then
-		touch "$DPKG_ROOT/etc/subgid"
-		chown 0:0 "$DPKG_ROOT/etc/subgid"
-		chmod 644 "$DPKG_ROOT/etc/subgid"
-	fi
-fi
-
-#DEBHELPER#
-
-exit 0