diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index f2a1001eaa..77e3f23952 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ override_dh_install:
 	# Make sure we are installing all required files in debian/install
 	sh debian/upstream-file-count-check.sh
 	rm -rf debian/gitlab/usr/share/gitlab/tmp/*
+	rm -rf debian/gitlab/usr/share/gitlab/spec/javascripts/.eslintrc
 	mv debian/gitlab/usr/share/gitlab/app/assets/javascripts/locale \
 	debian/gitlab/usr/share/gitlab/app/assets/javascripts/locale.static
 	mv debian/gitlab/var/lib/gitlab/db/schema.rb debian/gitlab/var/lib/gitlab/db/schema.rb.template