diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index dbf2db7c8..36861ab98 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ linux-2.6 (2.6.24~rc4-1~experimental.1) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
   * [i386] Set SND_SC6000, EDAC_I3000, EDAC_I5000.
   * Add fedora FireWire OHCI 1.0 support patch.
   * Set USB_EHCI_TT_NEWSCHED fills USB 2.0 bandwith better. (closes: #454797)
+  * postrm: Nuke initramfs sha1sum on linux-image package removal.
 
   [ Bastian Blank ]
   * [amd64, i386]: Set kernel architecture to x86.
@@ -31,7 +32,7 @@ linux-2.6 (2.6.24~rc4-1~experimental.1) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
   [ dann frazier ]
   * [ia64]: Enable BLK_CPQ_DA
 
- -- maximilian attems <maks@debian.org>  Sat, 08 Dec 2007 00:49:42 +0100
+ -- maximilian attems <maks@debian.org>  Sun, 09 Dec 2007 23:40:55 +0100
 
 linux-2.6 (2.6.23-1~experimental.1) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
 
diff --git a/debian/templates/temp.image.plain/postrm b/debian/templates/temp.image.plain/postrm
index 006c09fa1..f5804b88c 100755
--- a/debian/templates/temp.image.plain/postrm
+++ b/debian/templates/temp.image.plain/postrm
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ if (-d "/etc/kernel/postrm.d/$version") {
             die "Failed to process /etc/kernel/postrm.d/$version";
 }
 
-# check and remove damaged and dangling symlinks
+# purge initramfs and related
 if ($ARGV[0] !~ /upgrade/) {
   if (-f $realimageloc . "initrd.img-$version") {
     unlink $realimageloc . "initrd.img-$version";
@@ -353,6 +353,10 @@ if ($ARGV[0] !~ /upgrade/) {
   if (-f $realimageloc . "initrd.img-$version.bak") {
     unlink $realimageloc . "initrd.img-$version.bak";
   }
+  if (-f "/var/lib/initramfs-tools/$version") {
+    unlink "/var/lib/initramfs-tools/$version";
+  }
+  # check and remove damaged and dangling symlinks
   image_magic($kimage,          $image_dest);
   image_magic($kimage . ".old", $image_dest);
   image_magic("initrd.img",     $image_dest) if $initrd;