diff --git a/debian/README.Debian b/debian/README.Debian
index 3f6c39b18..e10cd2ff3 100644
--- a/debian/README.Debian
+++ b/debian/README.Debian
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ Berkeley Database (libdb-dev) installed.
 
 Non-free bits removed
 ---------------------
-See the patches under debian/patches/debian/dfsg.
+See the Files-Excluded field in debian/copyright.
 
 Further information
 -------------------
diff --git a/debian/README.source b/debian/README.source
index 08f6c7ce3..c6c4f59a8 100644
--- a/debian/README.source
+++ b/debian/README.source
@@ -43,9 +43,8 @@ unifdef packages installed.
    This will produce ../orig/linux_<version>.orig.tar.xz
    (e.g. linux_3.5~rc1.orig.tar.xz).
 
-   It involves applying several patches and file deletions for DFSG
-   compliance, as listed in debian/patches/series-orig.  Occasionally
-   you will need to refresh these.
+   It involves deleting files for DFSG compliance, as listed in the
+   Files-Excluded field in debian/copyright.
 
 3) Run: make -f debian/rules orig