diff --git a/packages/debian/cloud-init.postinst b/packages/debian/cloud-init.postinst
deleted file mode 100644
index cdd0466d6da..00000000000
--- a/packages/debian/cloud-init.postinst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-cleanup_lp1552999() {
-    local oldver="$1" last_bad_ver="0.7.7~bzr1178"
-    dpkg --compare-versions "$oldver" le "$last_bad_ver" || return 0
-    local edir="/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants"
-    rm -f "$edir/cloud-config.service" "$edir/cloud-final.service" \
-        "$edir/cloud-init-local.service" "$edir/cloud-init.service"
-}
-
-
-#DEBHELPER#
-
-if [ "$1" = "configure" ]; then
-   oldver="$2"
-   cleanup_lp1552999 "$oldver"
-fi
diff --git a/packages/debian/cloud-init.preinst b/packages/debian/cloud-init.preinst
deleted file mode 100644
index 3c2af06d38d..00000000000
--- a/packages/debian/cloud-init.preinst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-# vi: ts=4 expandtab
-
-cleanup_lp1552999() {
-    local oldver="$1" last_bad_ver="0.7.7~bzr1178"
-    dpkg --compare-versions "$oldver" le "$last_bad_ver" || return 0
-    local hdir="/var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled"
-    hdir="$hdir/multi-user.target.wants" 
-    local edir="/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants"
-    rm -f "$hdir/cloud-config.service" "$hdir/cloud-final.service" \
-        "$hdir/cloud-init-local.service" "$hdir/cloud-init.service"
-}
-
-
-if [ "$1" = "upgrade" ]; then
-   oldver="$2"
-   cleanup_lp1552999 "$oldver"
-fi
-
-#DEBHELPER#