diff --git a/debian/bin/uscan-hook b/debian/bin/uscan-hook
deleted file mode 100755
index b0631c64e..000000000
--- a/debian/bin/uscan-hook
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash -e
-
-# This script is invoked by uscan after downloading a new tarball
-
-if [ "x$1" != "x--upstream-version" -o $# != 3 ]; then
-   echo >&2 "invalid arguments: $*"
-   exit 2
-fi
-
-version="$2"
-filename="$3"
-
-upstream_tarball="$(readlink -f "$filename")"
-rm "$filename"
-debian/bin/genorig.py --override-version "$version" "$upstream_tarball"
-
-dch -v "$version-1" 'New upstream release'
-
-debian/rules orig
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index a42f43043..3747069ed 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ linux (4.18.6-2) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
   * [rt] genpatch-rt: Store patches and series file in debian/patches-rt
   * linux-headers: Stop linking the doc directory, which is not binNMU-safe
   * debian/copyright: Simplify exclusions to work with mk-origtargz
+  * debian/{watch,bin/uscan-hook}: Drop uscan hook in favour of uupdate
 
   [ Salvatore Bonaccorso ]
   * mac80211: don't update the PM state of a peer upon a multicast frame
diff --git a/debian/watch b/debian/watch
index 09e8e35c3..d2fa8b6ea 100644
--- a/debian/watch
+++ b/debian/watch
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
 # Find first non-rc tarball linked from kernel.org.
-# We need to DFSG-clean it, so use our own script instead of uupdate.
 version=3
-https://www.kernel.org/ .*/linux-([0-9.]+).tar.xz debian debian/bin/uscan-hook
+https://www.kernel.org/ .*/linux-([0-9.]+).tar.xz debian uupdate