diff --git a/debian/mate-applets-common.install b/debian/mate-applets-common.install
index 1e0f3c5..71e5245 100644
--- a/debian/mate-applets-common.install
+++ b/debian/mate-applets-common.install
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-etc/
 usr/share/dbus-1/
 usr/share/glib-2.0/
 usr/share/icons/