diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index cab091b9c2..9fd0b753a6 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -3,13 +3,10 @@
 %:
 	dh $@ --with=systemd
 
-override_dh_build:
-	dh_build
-	uglify -o vendor/assets/javascripts/vue.min.js vendor/assets/javascripts/vue.full.js
-	uglify -o vendor/assets/javascripts/vue-resource.min.js vendor/assets/javascripts/vue-resource.full.js
-
 override_dh_install:
 	dh_install -XLICENSE
+	uglifyjs -o debian/gitlab/usr/share/gitlab/vendor/assets/javascripts/vue.min.js vendor/assets/javascripts/vue.full.js
+	uglifyjs -o debian/gitlab/usr/share/gitlab/vendor/assets/javascripts/vue-resource.min.js vendor/assets/javascripts/vue-resource.full.js
 	# 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/*