diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 0ebc0a1c7..cdd886f06 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ linux-2.6 (3.3-1~experimental.1) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
   * [x86] crypto: Enable CRYPTO_SERPENT_SSE2_586, CRYPTO_SERPENT_SSE2_X86_64
   * aufs: Update to aufs3.x-rcN-20120312
   * IB: Enable INFINIBAND_SRPT as module (Closes: #663041)
+  * Remove all use of module-init-tools at build time
 
  -- Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>  Fri, 09 Mar 2012 05:27:29 +0000
 
diff --git a/debian/rules.real b/debian/rules.real
index a7f56c372..e5ceff1e3 100644
--- a/debian/rules.real
+++ b/debian/rules.real
@@ -455,7 +455,8 @@ install-image-dbg_$(ARCH)_$(FEATURESET)_$(FLAVOUR): $(STAMPS_DIR)/build_$(ARCH)_
 	  > $(PACKAGE_DIR)/usr/share/lintian/overrides/$(PACKAGE_NAME)
 	install -m644 $(DIR)/vmlinux $(DEBUG_DIR)/boot/vmlinux-$(REAL_VERSION)
 ifeq ($(MODULES),True)
-	+$(MAKE_CLEAN) -C $(DIR) modules_install INSTALL_MOD_PATH='$(CURDIR)'/$(DEBUG_DIR)
+	chmod a+x $(CURDIR)/debian/bin/no-depmod
+	+$(MAKE_CLEAN) -C $(DIR) modules_install DEPMOD='$(CURDIR)/debian/bin/no-depmod' INSTALL_MOD_PATH='$(CURDIR)'/$(DEBUG_DIR)
 	find $(DEBUG_DIR)/lib/modules/$(REAL_VERSION)/ -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 \! -name kernel -exec rm {} \+
 	rm $(DEBUG_DIR)/lib/firmware -rf
 endif
diff --git a/debian/templates/control.source.in b/debian/templates/control.source.in
index f6524ab19..394df7db7 100644
--- a/debian/templates/control.source.in
+++ b/debian/templates/control.source.in
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Priority: optional
 Maintainer: Debian Kernel Team <debian-kernel@lists.debian.org>
 Uploaders: Bastian Blank <waldi@debian.org>, Frederik Schüler <fs@debian.org>, maximilian attems <maks@debian.org>, Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
 Standards-Version: 3.9.2
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>> 7), cpio, module-init-tools, python (>= 2.6.6-3~), lzma [armel], kernel-wedge (>= 2.83)
+Build-Depends: debhelper (>> 7), cpio, python (>= 2.6.6-3~), lzma [armel], kernel-wedge (>= 2.83)
 Build-Depends-Indep: bzip2, xmlto
 Vcs-Svn: svn://svn.debian.org/svn/kernel/dists/trunk/linux-2.6/
 Vcs-Browser: http://anonscm.debian.org/viewvc/kernel/dists/trunk/linux-2.6/