diff --git a/.mtn-ignore b/.mtn-ignore
index b0fd2e40a5d11eeb1d34ef8274c151dcaa27b0ca..bee698d0cff845d288548e880d7b369fec218f82 100644
--- a/.mtn-ignore
+++ b/.mtn-ignore
@@ -22,3 +22,4 @@ _jsp\.java$
 ~$
 /build/
 /classes/
+^debian/copyright
diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index 91259522f53ce2050a33bfc709890e99d32927c9..5e55c17c7719d1a7dca0ed0e9e5103a741e1164b 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -417,7 +417,6 @@
         <delete dir="debian/tmp" />
         <delete dir="debian/db" />
         <delete file="debian/files" />
-	<delete file="debian/copyright" />
         <delete file="debian/build" />
         <delete file="debian/substvars"/>
     </target>