diff --git a/debian/patches/901_testsuite_gcov b/debian/patches/901_testsuite_gcov
index 41357946..5d34d562 100644
--- a/debian/patches/901_testsuite_gcov
+++ b/debian/patches/901_testsuite_gcov
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
-Index: shadow-4.1.2/lib/Makefile.am
-===================================================================
---- shadow-4.1.2.orig/lib/Makefile.am	2008-09-13 15:59:00.620008129 +0000
-+++ shadow-4.1.2/lib/Makefile.am	2008-09-13 15:59:34.012007695 +0000
+--- a/lib/Makefile.am
++++ b/lib/Makefile.am
 @@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
  
  AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = 1.0 foreign
@@ -11,10 +9,8 @@ Index: shadow-4.1.2/lib/Makefile.am
  DEFS = 
  
  noinst_LTLIBRARIES = libshadow.la
-Index: shadow-4.1.2/libmisc/Makefile.am
-===================================================================
---- shadow-4.1.2.orig/libmisc/Makefile.am	2008-09-13 15:59:03.492007531 +0000
-+++ shadow-4.1.2/libmisc/Makefile.am	2008-09-13 15:59:39.588002811 +0000
+--- a/libmisc/Makefile.am
++++ b/libmisc/Makefile.am
 @@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
  
  EXTRA_DIST = .indent.pro xgetXXbyYY.c
@@ -24,10 +20,8 @@ Index: shadow-4.1.2/libmisc/Makefile.am
  INCLUDES = -I$(top_srcdir)/lib
  
  noinst_LIBRARIES = libmisc.a
-Index: shadow-4.1.2/src/Makefile.am
-===================================================================
---- shadow-4.1.2.orig/src/Makefile.am	2008-09-13 15:58:57.640009757 +0000
-+++ shadow-4.1.2/src/Makefile.am	2008-09-13 15:59:46.948008401 +0000
+--- a/src/Makefile.am
++++ b/src/Makefile.am
 @@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
  usbindir = ${prefix}/sbin
  suidperms = 4755
@@ -37,3 +31,18 @@ Index: shadow-4.1.2/src/Makefile.am
  INCLUDES = \
  	-I${top_srcdir}/lib \
  	-I$(top_srcdir)/libmisc
+--- a/debian/rules
++++ b/debian/rules
+@@ -39,6 +39,12 @@
+ endif
+ export CFLAGS
+ 
++clean:: clean_gcov
++
++clean_gcov:
++	find . -name "*.gcda" -delete
++	find . -name "*.gcno" -delete
++
+ # Add extras to the install process:
+ binary-install/login::
+ 	dh_installpam -p login