diff --git a/debian/login.postinst b/debian/login.postinst
index f2b0f4fe..f4c3ce02 100644
--- a/debian/login.postinst
+++ b/debian/login.postinst
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ then
 		fi
 	fi
 fi
-rm -f /etc/pam.d/login.pre-upgrade 2>/dev/null
 
 if [ "$1" = "configure" ]; then
 	# Install faillog during initial installs only
diff --git a/debian/login.preinst b/debian/login.preinst
deleted file mode 100644
index fc7f5985..00000000
--- a/debian/login.preinst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,52 +0,0 @@
-#! /bin/sh
-
-#
-# see: dh_installdeb(1)
-
-set -e
-
-# summary of how this script can be called:
-#        * <new-preinst> `install'
-#        * <new-preinst> `install' <old-version>
-#        * <new-preinst> `upgrade' <old-version>
-#        * <old-preinst> `abort-upgrade' <new-version>
-#
-# for details, see http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ or
-# the debian-policy package
-
-remove_md5() {
-    if md5sum $1 2>/dev/null |grep -q $2; then
-	cp $1 $1.pre-upgrade
-	sed -e '/^[^#][ \t]*assword[ \t]*required[ \t]*pam_unix.so/ s/ md5$//' $1 >$1.post-upgrade \
-	    && mv $1.post-upgrade $1
-    fi
-    }
-
-
-case "$1" in
-    install|upgrade)
-        if [ "x$2" != "x" ] ; then
-	    if dpkg --compare-versions $2 lt 1:4.0.3 ; then
-		remove_md5 /etc/pam.d/login 5e61c3334e25625fe1fa4d79cf9123ff
-		fi
-	    fi
-	    
-    ;;
-
-    abort-upgrade)
-    ;;
-
-    *)
-        echo "preinst called with unknown argument \`$1'" >&2
-        exit 1
-    ;;
-esac
-
-# dh_installdeb will replace this with shell code automatically
-# generated by other debhelper scripts.
-
-#DEBHELPER#
-
-exit 0
-
-