diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 79f0f152..a4a0fb85 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 byobu (2.56) unreleased; urgency=low
 
-  * UNRELEASED
+  * debian/control: drop byobu-extras empty package
 
  -- Dustin Kirkland <kirkland@ubuntu.com>  Sat, 06 Feb 2010 22:10:52 -0600
 
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 2c6c0815..a84d4915 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -25,12 +25,6 @@ Description: a set of useful profiles and a profile-switcher for GNU screen
  updates available), etc.  The profile-switcher allows users to quickly switch
  their .screenrc to any of the available profiles.
 
-Package: byobu-extras
-Depends: ${misc:Depends}, byobu
-Architecture: all
-Description: package subsumed by byobu
- This package has been subsumed by 'byobu'.
-
 Package: screen-profiles
 Depends: ${misc:Depends}, byobu
 Architecture: all