diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 46c2ae2..1cdb7bd 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -7,3 +7,7 @@ export PYBUILD_NAME = libreant
 
 override_dh_installinit:
 	dh_installinit --name=libreant
+
+override_dh_clean:
+	dh_clean
+	rm webant/translations/*/LC_MESSAGES/messages.mo