diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 303e8fcec153..123824dec42e 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -212,7 +212,6 @@ $(DEBIAN)/control.stub: 				\
 .PHONY: debian/control
 debian/control: $(DEBIAN)/control.stub
 	cp $(DEBIAN)/control.stub debian/control
-	debian/scripts/checks/control-check
 
 debian/canonical-certs.pem: $(wildcard $(DROOT)/certs/*-all.pem) $(wildcard $(DROOT)/certs/*-$(arch).pem) $(wildcard $(DEBIAN)/certs/*-all.pem) $(wildcard $(DEBIAN)/certs/*-$(arch).pem)
 	for cert in $(sort $(notdir $^));					\
diff --git a/debian/scripts/checks/control-check b/debian/scripts/checks/control-check
deleted file mode 100755
index 51e1c91f5502..000000000000
--- a/debian/scripts/checks/control-check
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash -eu
-#
-# debian/control sanity checks
-#
-
-echo "II: Checking debian/control"
-
-. debian/debian.env
-
-source_name=$(dpkg-parsechangelog -l"${DEBIAN}"/changelog -SSource)
-linux_source=$(grep -P '^Package:\s*linux.*-source-\d+\.\d+\.\d+' debian/control | sed 's/^Package:\s*//')
-
-case "${source_name}___${linux_source}" in
-	linux___linux-source-*)
-		# Main kernel package produces linux-source
-		true
-		;;
-	linux-*___)
-		# Non-main kernel package must *not* produce linux-source
-		true
-		;;
-	*)
-		# All other combinations are packaging mistakes
-		if [ -n "${linux_source}" ] ; then
-			echo "EE: debian/control contains invalid package stanza:" >&2
-			echo "Package: ${linux_source}" >&2
-		else
-			echo "EE: debian/control is missing package stanza:" >&2
-			echo "Package: linux-source-PKGVER" >&2
-		fi
-		exit 1
-		;;
-esac
-
-echo "II: Done"
-exit 0