diff --git a/debian/.gitignore b/debian/.gitignore
index d1501eea7..17df2ad45 100644
--- a/debian/.gitignore
+++ b/debian/.gitignore
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 !*.diff
 !series
 *.debhelper*
-*.local
 *.pyc
 *.substvars
 *-di
diff --git a/debian/rules.defs b/debian/rules.defs
index 1990ae9a1..9384a9b3e 100644
--- a/debian/rules.defs
+++ b/debian/rules.defs
@@ -3,4 +3,3 @@ include /usr/share/dpkg/default.mk
 BUILD_DIR = debian/build
 STAMPS_DIR = debian/stamps
 
--include debian/rules.defs.local
diff --git a/debian/source/options b/debian/source/options
index 3badfe896..b7bc1f2b7 100644
--- a/debian/source/options
+++ b/debian/source/options
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
 compression = "xz"
-tar-ignore = debian/*.local