diff --git a/packaging/debian/debian/control b/packaging/debian/debian/control
index e797c342..c4375aab 100644
--- a/packaging/debian/debian/control
+++ b/packaging/debian/debian/control
@@ -147,24 +147,6 @@ Replaces: spectrum2-backend-swiften-git-dbg
 Description: Spectrum2 Swiften backend - debugging symbols
  Debugging symbols for the Spectrum2 Swiften backend
 
-Package: spectrum2-backend-skype
-Architecture: any
-Section: net
-Priority: optional
-Depends: libtransport2.0 (= ${binary:Version}), libtransport-plugin2.0 (= ${binary:Version}), ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}, dbus-x11, xvfb
-Replaces: spectrum2-backend-skype-git
-Description: Spectrum2 Skype backend
- Spectrum2 backend for Skype
-
-Package: spectrum2-backend-skype-dbg
-Architecture: any
-Section: debug
-Priority: extra
-Depends: spectrum2-backend-skype (= ${binary:Version}), ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}
-Replaces: spectrum2-backend-skype-git-dbg
-Description: Spectrum2 Skype backend - debugging symbols
- Debugging symbols for the Spectrum2 Skype backend
-
 Package: spectrum2-backend-smstools3
 Architecture: any
 Section: net
diff --git a/packaging/debian/debian/rules b/packaging/debian/debian/rules
index 88ad3347..17dfa5be 100755
--- a/packaging/debian/debian/rules
+++ b/packaging/debian/debian/rules
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ build:
 override_dh_strip:
 	dh_strip -pspectrum2 --dbg-package=spectrum2-dbg
 	dh_strip -pspectrum2-backend-libpurple --dbg-package=spectrum2-backend-libpurple-dbg
-	dh_strip -pspectrum2-backend-skype --dbg-package=spectrum2-backend-skype-dbg
 	dh_strip -pspectrum2-backend-frotz --dbg-package=spectrum2-backend-frotz-dbg
 	dh_strip -pspectrum2-backend-swiften --dbg-package=spectrum2-backend-swiften-dbg
 	dh_strip -pspectrum2-backend-twitter --dbg-package=spectrum2-backend-twitter-dbg
diff --git a/packaging/debian/debian/spectrum2-backend-skype.install b/packaging/debian/debian/spectrum2-backend-skype.install
deleted file mode 100644
index cf2f2372..00000000
--- a/packaging/debian/debian/spectrum2-backend-skype.install
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-/usr/bin/spectrum2_skype_backend