diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 36560fda2..3fb0d2ec9 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ linux-tools (3.10-1~exp1) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
   * debian/patches: Add DEP-3 headers (From, Subject, Forwarded) to all patches
   * debian/copyright: Convert to machine-readable format (fka DEP-5)
   * debian/copyright: Add explanation of indirect linking of perf to OpenSSL
+  * debian/rules.real: Remove support for pre-multiarch dpkg
 
  -- Chris Boot <debian@bootc.net>  Mon, 01 Jul 2013 22:07:42 +0100
 
diff --git a/debian/rules.real b/debian/rules.real
index 0aa38254e..beb766bcb 100644
--- a/debian/rules.real
+++ b/debian/rules.real
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ export DH_OPTIONS
 include debian/rules.defs
 
 DEB_BUILD_ARCH := $(shell dpkg-architecture -qDEB_BUILD_ARCH)
-HAVE_MULTIARCH := $(shell dpkg-architecture -qDEB_HOST_MULTIARCH 2>/dev/null)
 
 binary-arch: install-kbuild install-usbip
 ifneq ($(filter alpha amd64 armel armhf hppa i386 powerpc ppc64 s390 s390x sh4 sparc sparc64,$(DEB_BUILD_ARCH)),)
@@ -24,11 +23,6 @@ install-kbuild: $(STAMPS_DIR)/build
 	dh_testdir
 	dh_testroot
 	dh_clean -k -d
-ifneq (,$(HAVE_MULTIARCH))
-	echo linux-kbuild:Multi-Arch=foreign >>debian/$(PACKAGE_NAME).substvars
-else
-	echo linux-kbuild:Multi-Arch= >>debian/$(PACKAGE_NAME).substvars
-endif
 	$(MAKE) -C $(BUILD_DIR)/scripts install prefix=$(DIR) top_srcdir=$(CURDIR)
 	dh_link $(BASE_DIR) /usr/src/$(PACKAGE_NAME)
 	dh_installchangelogs
diff --git a/debian/templates/control.main.in b/debian/templates/control.main.in
index f985c6310..74cdb2011 100644
--- a/debian/templates/control.main.in
+++ b/debian/templates/control.main.in
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Package: linux-kbuild-@version@
 Architecture: linux-any
 Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}
-Multi-Arch: ${linux-kbuild:Multi-Arch}
+Multi-Arch: foreign
 Description: Kbuild infrastructure for Linux @version@
  This package provides the kbuild infrastructure for the headers packages for Linux kernel version @version@.