diff --git a/cleanup-script.sh b/cleanup-script.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index fe89eab825c9aa377305fe1564fb5505db684887..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/cleanup-script.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-#
-#	clean upstream source to eliminate parts in DFSG-compliant tar package
-#	Copyright 2009 by Bdale Garbee.  GPL v2 or any later version.
-#
-
-git rm -rf `/bin/ls | grep -v COPYING | grep -v doc | grep -v cleanup-script.sh`
diff --git a/debian/patches/readme.diff b/debian/patches/readme.diff
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..eb271a4b498d464711b7c92fe8ec3635dafe0bd6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/patches/readme.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+Description: top-level README for the tar-doc package
+Author: Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com>
+
+--- /dev/null
++++ tar-doc-1.27/README.Debian
+@@ -0,0 +1 @@
++See the Debian 'tar' package source for the rest of the files.
diff --git a/debian/patches/series b/debian/patches/series
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..dedf974566dd0f18f451af93afc4aeb882b61024
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/patches/series
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+readme.diff