diff --git a/debian/README.Debian b/debian/README.Debian
index 7edcedf47..99a8b287b 100644
--- a/debian/README.Debian
+++ b/debian/README.Debian
@@ -29,9 +29,6 @@ Building custom kernel binary packages
 We recommend using the 'make deb-pkg' target provided by the upstream
 kernel source.
 
-Alternately, you may use the 'make-kpkg' command provided by the
-'kernel-package' package.
-
 Rebuilding official binary packages
 -----------------------------------
 You can build specific kernel binary packages using the targets in
diff --git a/debian/templates/control.main.in b/debian/templates/control.main.in
index 1782d2cb5..c3bed04bf 100644
--- a/debian/templates/control.main.in
+++ b/debian/templates/control.main.in
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Section: kernel
 Provides: linux-source
 Depends: binutils, bzip2, ${misc:Depends}
 Recommends: libc6-dev | libc-dev, gcc, make
-Suggests: libncurses-dev | ncurses-dev, kernel-package, libqt4-dev
+Suggests: libncurses-dev | ncurses-dev, libqt4-dev
 Description: Linux kernel source for version @version@ with Debian patches
  This package provides source code for the Linux kernel version @version@.
  This source closely tracks official Linux kernel releases.  Debian's