diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 1f8bcddd..9fe38c36 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -2,16 +2,6 @@
 
 include /usr/share/dpkg/pkg-info.mk
 
-export GOPATH=$(shell pwd)/.go
-export DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS=crossbuildcanrunhostbinaries
-
-export GOARCH := $(shell if [ $(DEB_TARGET_ARCH) = "i386" ]; then echo "386"; elif [ $(DEB_TARGET_ARCH) = "armhf" ]; then echo "arm"; else echo  $(DEB_TARGET_ARCH); fi)
-export CGO_ENABLED=1
-
-ifneq ($(DEB_HOST_GNU_TYPE), $(DEB_BUILD_GNU_TYPE))
-	export CC=$(DEB_HOST_GNU_TYPE)-gcc
-endif
-
 %:
 	dh $@ --buildsystem=golang --with=golang,bash-completion
 
@@ -29,20 +19,6 @@ override_dh_auto_install:
 override_dh_strip:
 	dh_strip --dbg-package=aptly-dbg
 
-override_dh_golang: # fails on non native debian build
-
-# override_dh_makeshlibs:  # fails with cross compiling on non native debian build
-
-override_dh_dwz:  # somehow dwz works only with certain newer debhelper versions
-	dhver=`dpkg-query -f '$${Version}' -W debhelper`; (dpkg --compare-versions "$$dhver" lt 13 || test "$$dhver" = "13.3.4" || test "$$dhver" = "13.6ubuntu1") || dh_dwz
-
-override_dh_shlibdeps:
-ifneq ($(DEB_HOST_GNU_TYPE), $(DEB_BUILD_GNU_TYPE))
-	LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/$(DEB_HOST_GNU_TYPE)/lib:$$LD_LIBRARY_PATH dh_shlibdeps
-else
-	dh_shlibdeps
-endif
-
 override_dh_auto_build:
-	echo $(DEB_VERSION) > VERSION
-	go build -buildmode=pie -o usr/bin/aptly
+	echo $(DEB_VERSION) > obj-$(DEB_TARGET_GNU_TYPE)/src/github.com/aptly-dev/aptly/VERSION
+	dh_auto_build