diff --git a/debian/elk.postinst b/debian/elk.postinst
deleted file mode 100644
index 9319507..0000000
--- a/debian/elk.postinst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh -
-
-if [ "$1" = "configure" ]; then
-  update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/scheme scheme \
-    /usr/bin/scheme-warning-elk 20 > /dev/null
-fi
-
-#DEBHELPER#
diff --git a/debian/elk.prerm b/debian/elk.prerm
index a8f4f67..1bbc651 100644
--- a/debian/elk.prerm
+++ b/debian/elk.prerm
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
 if [ "$1" = "remove" ]; then
+  # Remove this useless alternative.
   update-alternatives --remove scheme /usr/bin/scheme-warning-elk > /dev/null
 fi
 
diff --git a/debian/manpages b/debian/manpages
index 48fec3c..fce8b16 100644
--- a/debian/manpages
+++ b/debian/manpages
@@ -3,4 +3,3 @@ debian/ldflags-elk.1
 debian/linkscheme.1
 debian/makedl.1
 debian/scheme-elk.1
-debian/scheme-warning-elk.1
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 52019df..e2f751a 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@ install: build
 
 	mv $(CURDIR)/debian/elk/usr/bin/scheme \
 	   $(CURDIR)/debian/elk/usr/bin/scheme-elk
-	install -m 755 debian/scheme-warning-elk $(CURDIR)/debian/elk/usr/bin/
 	install -m 644 debian/elk.ini $(CURDIR)/debian/elk/usr/share/elk
 
 	mv $(CURDIR)/debian/elk/usr/lib/*.so.* \
diff --git a/debian/scheme-warning-elk b/debian/scheme-warning-elk
deleted file mode 100644
index 507a030..0000000
--- a/debian/scheme-warning-elk
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-echo "As there are a few scheme interpeters in Debian, you should invoke
-the one you want by using its full name. If you want to use elk, invoke
-'scheme-elk'. You may also define elk as the default scheme interpreter.
-To do so, run (as root) the following command:
-
-update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/scheme scheme /usr/bin/scheme-elk 20 \
-  --slave /usr/share/man/man1/scheme.1.gz scheme.1.gz /usr/share/man/man1/elk.1.gz
-
-Press ENTER to continue."
-
-read foo
diff --git a/debian/scheme-warning-elk.1 b/debian/scheme-warning-elk.1
deleted file mode 100644
index ddc5451..0000000
--- a/debian/scheme-warning-elk.1
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-.TH SCHEME-WARNING-ELK 1
-.SH NAME
-scheme-warning-elk
-.SH SYNOPSIS
-.B scheme-warning-elk 
-.SH "DESCRIPTION"
-.B scheme-warning-elk 
-displays a warning showing how to choose a scheme interpreter in Debian
-.SH AUTHOR
-This manual page was written by E. Zanardi,
-for the Debian GNU/Linux system.