diff --git a/debian/passwd.postinst b/debian/passwd.postinst
index 691733e8..f6d52210 100644
--- a/debian/passwd.postinst
+++ b/debian/passwd.postinst
@@ -4,20 +4,6 @@ set -e
 
 case "$1" in
 configure)
-    # Fix permissions on various log files from old versions of the debian
-    # installer, some unrelated to passwd but we decided to put the fix
-    # here since there was no better place. This can safely be removed
-    # after etch is released.
-    if dpkg --compare-versions "$2" lt "1:4.0.14-9"; then
-	    for log in /var/log/base-config* \
-		    $(find /var/log/debian-installer/ /var/log/installer/ -type f 2>/dev/null ); do
-		if [ -e "$log" ]; then
-			chmod 600 "$log"
-		fi
-            done
-    fi
-
-    rm -f /etc/pam.d/passwd.pre-upgrade 2>/dev/null
 	if ! getent group shadow | grep -q '^shadow:[^:]*:42'
 	then
 		groupadd -g 42 shadow || (
diff --git a/debian/passwd.preinst b/debian/passwd.preinst
deleted file mode 100644
index 05b5483c..00000000
--- a/debian/passwd.preinst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,51 +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 $1.pre-upgrade
-	sed -e '/^[^#]*[ \t]*password[ \t]*required[ \t]*pam_unix.so/ s/ md5$//' $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/passwd 23a5d1465bbc1e39ca6e0c32f22a75c9
-	    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
-
-