diff --git a/debian/plinth.links b/debian/plinth.links
deleted file mode 100644
index 8d6d2fc33..000000000
--- a/debian/plinth.links
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-/usr/share/libjs-jsxc/img/ /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/plinth/modules/jsxc/static/img
-/usr/share/libjs-jsxc/css/jsxc.css /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/plinth/modules/jsxc/static/libjs-jsxc/jsxc.css
-/usr/share/javascript/jsxc/lib /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/plinth/modules/jsxc/static/libjs-jsxc/lib
-/usr/share/libjs-jsxc/sound/ /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/plinth/modules/jsxc/static/libjs-jsxc/sound
diff --git a/debian/source.lintian-overrides b/debian/source.lintian-overrides
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f40b787f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/source.lintian-overrides
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+# This is a consequnce of bug in jsxc
+# https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=838183. While is is possible
+# to change the upstream Plinth code to remove the links and create during
+# installation, the jsxc module in Plinth will stop working in certain modes of
+# development. We belive the proper fix for the problem is to fix the above
+# issue.
+plinth source: source-contains-unsafe-symlink plinth/modules/jsxc/static/img
+plinth source: source-contains-unsafe-symlink plinth/modules/jsxc/static/libjs-jsxc/jsxc.css
+plinth source: source-contains-unsafe-symlink plinth/modules/jsxc/static/libjs-jsxc/lib
+plinth source: source-contains-unsafe-symlink plinth/modules/jsxc/static/libjs-jsxc/sound