diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 85180585f8..953910cc6e 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -295,12 +295,6 @@ binary-arch: build-stamp install-stamp
 	install -D -m 644 -o root -g root debian/cli.binfmt \
 	  debian/mono-runtime/usr/share/binfmts/cli
 
-ifdef SKIP_LIBGC
-	ln -s libmonosgen-2.0.a debian/tmp/usr/lib/libmono-2.0.a
-	ln -s libmonosgen-2.0.so debian/tmp/usr/lib/libmono-2.0.so
-	ln -s libmonosgen-2.0.so.1 debian/tmp/usr/lib/libmono-2.0.so.1
-	ln -s libmonosgen-2.0.so.1.0.0 debian/tmp/usr/lib/libmono-2.0.so.1.0.0
-endif
 	dh_install -s
 ifndef SKIP_LIBGC
 	install -m 644 debian/tmp/usr/bin/pedump debian/mono-utils/usr/bin/