diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
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@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-<module-name> (0.0.1-1) unstable; urgency=low
-
-  *
-
- -- AUTHOR-NAME <AUTHOR-EMAIL>  <UTC-DATE>
diff --git a/debian/compat b/debian/compat
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--- a/debian/compat
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@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-9
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
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@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-Source: <dash-separated-module-name>  # example: swh-loader-pypi
-Maintainer: Software Heritage developers <swh-devel@inria.fr>
-Section: python
-Priority: optional
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9),
-               dh-python (>= 2),
-               python3-all,
-               python3-nose,
-               python3-setuptools,
-               python3-setuptools-scm,
-               python3-swh.core,
-               python3-swh.storage,
-Standards-Version: 3.9.6
-Homepage: https://forge.softwareheritage.org/source/<phabricator short name>/
-
-Package: python3-<dot-separated-name-module>  # example: python3-swh.loader.pypi
-Architecture: all
-Depends: ${misc:Depends}, ${python3:Depends}
-Description: Software Heritage <module-description>
diff --git a/debian/copyright b/debian/copyright
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@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-Format: http://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/copyright-format/1.0/
-
-Files: *
-Copyright: 2019  The Software Heritage developers
-License: GPL-3+
-
-License: GPL-3+
- This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
- it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
- (at your option) any later version.
- .
- This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- GNU General Public License for more details.
- .
- You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
- .
- On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public
- License version 3 can be found in `/usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-3'.
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
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@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/make -f
-
-export PYBUILD_NAME=<dot-separated-module-name>  # example: swh.loader.pypi
-export PYBUILD_TEST_ARGS=-v -m "not db and not fs"
-
-%:
-	dh $@ --with python3 --buildsystem=pybuild
-
-override_dh_install:
-	dh_install
-	rm -v $(CURDIR)/debian/python3-*/usr/lib/python*/dist-packages/swh/__init__.py
diff --git a/debian/source/format b/debian/source/format
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--- a/debian/source/format
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@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-3.0 (quilt)