diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index b87e4a2f..5f952919 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -24,7 +24,11 @@ byobu (3.0) unreleased; urgency=low
     - I think this is a significant enough milestone to bump version to 3.0
   * install, manpages, rules: update package build/install procedures to
     use configure && make && make install
-  * debian/control: depend on automake, autoconf for new build; bump standards
+  * debian/control:
+    - depend on automake
+    - autoconf for new build
+    - bump standards
+    - use breaks instead of conflicts
   * AUTHORS, README: update email address and install instructions
   * debian/rules, usr/bin/byobu-export, usr/share/man/man1/byobu-export.1:
     - deprecate the byobu-export utility
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 86c5f51f..02be41d3 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ Depends: ${misc:Depends}, debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, screen, gettext-base,
 Suggests: apport, vim, w3m, po-debconf, update-notifier-common, lsb-release
 Provides: screen-profiles, screen-profiles-extras, byobu-extras
 Replaces: screen-profiles (<< 2.0), screen-profiles-extras (<< 2.0), byobu-extras (<< 2.17)
-Conflicts: screen-profiles (<< 2.0), screen-profiles-extras (<< 2.0), byobu-extras (<< 2.17)
+Breaks: screen-profiles (<< 2.0), screen-profiles-extras (<< 2.0), byobu-extras (<< 2.17)
 Enhances: screen
 Description: a set of useful profiles and a profile-switcher for GNU screen
  byobu includes a set of profiles for the GNU screen window manager.