diff --git a/debian/bin/gencontrol.py b/debian/bin/gencontrol.py
index ae2a20563..fba6fe24d 100755
--- a/debian/bin/gencontrol.py
+++ b/debian/bin/gencontrol.py
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ class Gencontrol(Base):
     def do_main_packages(self, packages, vars, makeflags, extra):
         packages.extend(self.process_packages(self.templates["control.main"], self.vars))
         packages.append(self.process_real_tree(self.templates["control.tree"][0], self.vars))
-        packages.extend(self.process_packages(self.templates["control.support"], self.vars))
 
     def do_arch_setup(self, vars, makeflags, arch, extra):
         config_base = self.config.merge('base', arch)
diff --git a/debian/templates/control.main.in b/debian/templates/control.main.in
index 59adabe7b..e51d2a061 100644
--- a/debian/templates/control.main.in
+++ b/debian/templates/control.main.in
@@ -67,3 +67,13 @@ Description: Binary firmware for various drivers in the Linux kernel
  .
  Most firmware previously included in the Linux kernel is non-free
  and has been moved to the firmware-linux-nonfree package.
+
+Package: linux-support-@upstreamversion@@abiname@
+Architecture: all
+Section: devel
+Depends: ${python:Depends}
+Description: Support files for Linux @upstreamversion@
+ This package provides support files for the Linux kernel build,
+ e.g. scripts to handle ABI information and for generation of
+ build system meta data.
+
diff --git a/debian/templates/control.support.in b/debian/templates/control.support.in
deleted file mode 100644
index 83b9f2d3a..000000000
--- a/debian/templates/control.support.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-Package: linux-support-@upstreamversion@@abiname@
-Architecture: all
-Section: devel
-Depends: ${python:Depends}
-Description: Support files for Linux @upstreamversion@
- This package provides support files for the Linux kernel build,
- e.g. scripts to handle ABI information and for generation of
- build system meta data.
-