diff --git a/debian/mono-runtime-common.docs b/debian/mono-runtime-common.docs
index 1b30bc69d8..20b7e1270d 100644
--- a/debian/mono-runtime-common.docs
+++ b/debian/mono-runtime-common.docs
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
 README.md
-AUTHORS
 NEWS
 debian/changelog.1