diff --git a/debian/README.source b/debian/README.source
index c344dfa3a..ae71ded24 100644
--- a/debian/README.source
+++ b/debian/README.source
@@ -84,7 +84,6 @@ run during an automatic build. The following variables are substituted
 into the templates:
 
 @version@      Upstream kernel version, for example 2.6.11.
-@major@        The major version, for example 2.6
 @arch@         The Debian arch name, such as powerpc or i386.
 @flavour@      The build flavour, such as 686 or k7-smp.
 @class@        The CPU/architecture class; displayed in synopsis.  It should
diff --git a/debian/bin/gencontrol.py b/debian/bin/gencontrol.py
index 1eb687f11..32a2a4287 100755
--- a/debian/bin/gencontrol.py
+++ b/debian/bin/gencontrol.py
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ class Gencontrol(Base):
     def do_main_setup(self, vars, makeflags, extra):
         super(Gencontrol, self).do_main_setup(vars, makeflags, extra)
         makeflags.update({
-            'MAJOR': self.version.linux_major,
             'VERSION': self.version.linux_version,
             'UPSTREAMVERSION': self.version.linux_upstream,
             'ABINAME': self.abiname,
@@ -335,7 +334,7 @@ class Gencontrol(Base):
             'upstreamversion': self.version.linux_upstream,
             'version': self.version.linux_version,
             'source_upstream': self.version.upstream,
-            'major': self.version.linux_major,
+            'source_package': self.changelog[0].source,
             'abiname': self.abiname,
         }
         self.config['version',] = {'source': self.version.complete, 'abiname': self.abiname}
diff --git a/debian/lib/python/debian_linux/debian.py b/debian/lib/python/debian_linux/debian.py
index da383968f..fbf70f70c 100644
--- a/debian/lib/python/debian_linux/debian.py
+++ b/debian/lib/python/debian_linux/debian.py
@@ -100,9 +100,7 @@ class VersionLinux(Version):
     _version_linux_rules = ur"""
 ^
 (?P<version>
-    (?P<major>\d+\.\d+)
-    \.
-    \d+
+    (?:2\.)?\d+\.\d+
 )
 (?:
     ~
@@ -138,7 +136,6 @@ $
         if match is None:
             raise RuntimeError, "Invalid debian linux version"
         d = match.groupdict()
-        self.linux_major = d['major']
         self.linux_modifier = d['modifier']
         self.linux_version = d['version']
         if d['modifier'] is not None:
diff --git a/debian/templates/control.headers.in b/debian/templates/control.headers.in
index f726e80ec..cec8fe089 100644
--- a/debian/templates/control.headers.in
+++ b/debian/templates/control.headers.in
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package: linux-headers-@upstreamversion@@abiname@@localversion@
 Depends: linux-headers-@upstreamversion@@abiname@-common@localversion_headers@ (= ${binary:Version}), linux-kbuild-@version@, ${misc:Depends}
-Provides: linux-headers, linux-headers-@major@
+Provides: linux-headers
 Description: Header files for Linux @upstreamversion@@abiname@@localversion@
  This package provides the architecture-specific kernel header files
  for Linux kernel @upstreamversion@@abiname@@localversion@, generally
diff --git a/debian/templates/control.image.type-kernel-package.in b/debian/templates/control.image.type-kernel-package.in
index 391a44dac..bf57ac971 100644
--- a/debian/templates/control.image.type-kernel-package.in
+++ b/debian/templates/control.image.type-kernel-package.in
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Package: linux-image-@upstreamversion@@abiname@@localversion@
-Provides: linux-image, linux-image-@major@, linux-modules-@upstreamversion@@abiname@@localversion@
+Provides: linux-image, linux-modules-@upstreamversion@@abiname@@localversion@
 Pre-Depends: debconf | debconf-2.0
 Depends: module-init-tools, ${misc:Depends}
 Suggests: linux-doc-@version@
diff --git a/debian/templates/control.image.type-modulesextra.in b/debian/templates/control.image.type-modulesextra.in
index a3e84f80f..99b395692 100644
--- a/debian/templates/control.image.type-modulesextra.in
+++ b/debian/templates/control.image.type-modulesextra.in
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Package: linux-image-@upstreamversion@@abiname@@localversion@
-Provides: linux-image, linux-image-@major@
+Provides: linux-image
 Depends: linux-modules-@upstreamversion@@abiname@@localversion@ (= ${binary:Version}), ${misc:Depends}
 Suggests: linux-doc-@version@
 Description: Linux @upstreamversion@ for @class@
diff --git a/debian/templates/control.image.type-modulesinline.in b/debian/templates/control.image.type-modulesinline.in
index dcc82a931..6c0c869fb 100644
--- a/debian/templates/control.image.type-modulesinline.in
+++ b/debian/templates/control.image.type-modulesinline.in
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Package: linux-image-@upstreamversion@@abiname@@localversion@
-Provides: linux-image, linux-image-@major@, linux-modules-@upstreamversion@@abiname@@localversion@
+Provides: linux-image, linux-modules-@upstreamversion@@abiname@@localversion@
 Depends: module-init-tools, ${misc:Depends}
 Suggests: linux-doc-@version@
 Description: Linux @upstreamversion@ for @class@
diff --git a/debian/templates/control.image.type-plain.in b/debian/templates/control.image.type-plain.in
index 1e1656fc9..7e8a95371 100644
--- a/debian/templates/control.image.type-plain.in
+++ b/debian/templates/control.image.type-plain.in
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Package: linux-image-@upstreamversion@@abiname@@localversion@
-Provides: linux-image, linux-image-@major@, linux-modules-@upstreamversion@@abiname@@localversion@
+Provides: linux-image, linux-modules-@upstreamversion@@abiname@@localversion@
 Pre-Depends: debconf | debconf-2.0
 Depends: module-init-tools, linux-base (>= 3~), ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}
 Recommends: firmware-linux-free (>= 3~)
diff --git a/debian/templates/control.image.type-standalone.in b/debian/templates/control.image.type-standalone.in
index c15b1d89e..38bd31c78 100644
--- a/debian/templates/control.image.type-standalone.in
+++ b/debian/templates/control.image.type-standalone.in
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Package: linux-image-@upstreamversion@@abiname@@localversion@
-Provides: linux-image, linux-image-@major@
+Provides: linux-image
 Suggests: linux-doc-@version@
 Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}
 Description: Linux @upstreamversion@ for @class@
diff --git a/debian/templates/control.main.in b/debian/templates/control.main.in
index 5fe4978d8..811cd4507 100644
--- a/debian/templates/control.main.in
+++ b/debian/templates/control.main.in
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ Description: Performance analysis tools for Linux @upstreamversion@
 Package: linux-source-@version@
 Architecture: all
 Section: kernel
-Provides: linux-source, linux-source-@major@
+Provides: linux-source
 Depends: binutils, bzip2, ${misc:Depends}
 Recommends: libc6-dev | libc-dev, gcc, make
 Suggests: libncurses-dev | ncurses-dev, kernel-package, libqt3-mt-dev
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ Package: linux-doc-@version@
 Architecture: all
 Depends: ${misc:Depends}
 Section: doc
-Provides: linux-doc-@major@
 Description: Linux kernel specific documentation for version @version@
  This package provides the various README files and HTML documentation for
  the Linux kernel version @version@.  Plenty of information, including the
@@ -41,9 +40,9 @@ Package: linux-manual-@version@
 Architecture: all
 Depends: ${misc:Depends}
 Section: doc
-Provides: linux-manual, kernel-manual-@major@
-Conflicts: linux-manual, kernel-manual-@major@
-Replaces: linux-manual, kernel-manual-@major@
+Provides: linux-manual
+Conflicts: linux-manual
+Replaces: linux-manual
 Description: Linux kernel API manual pages for version @version@
  This package provides the Kernel Hacker's Guide in the form of
  manual pages, describing the kernel API functions.  They
@@ -65,7 +64,7 @@ Description: Debian patches to version @version@ of the Linux kernel
  .
  Note that these patches do NOT apply against a pristine
  Linux @version@ kernel but only against the kernel tarball
- linux-@major@_@source_upstream@.orig.tar.gz from the Debian archive.
+ @source_package@_@source_upstream@.orig.tar.gz from the Debian archive.
 
 Package: linux-support-@upstreamversion@@abiname@
 Architecture: all