diff --git a/debian/watch b/debian/watch
deleted file mode 100644
index c9243fcd0..000000000
--- a/debian/watch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-version=3
-
-opts=filenamemangle=s/.+\/v?(\d\S*)\.tar\.gz/plinth-$1\.tar\.gz/,\
-dversionmangle=s/\+ds$//,repacksuffix=+ds \
-  https://github.com/freedombox/Plinth/tags .*/v?(\d\S*)\.tar\.gz