diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 40602fc..e8bf657 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -9,9 +9,8 @@
 # Uncomment this to turn on verbose mode.
 export DH_VERBOSE=1
 
-override_dh_auto_build:
-	./configure --prefix=/usr --xdg-config-dir=/etc/xdg --man-prefix=/usr/share/man/
-	dh_auto_build
+override_dh_auto_configure:
+	./configure --prefix /usr --xdg-config-dir /etc/xdg --man-prefix /usr/share/man/
 
 %:
 	dh $@