diff --git a/dist/debian/postinst b/dist/debian/postinst
index 4eae4573..4bc89422 100644
--- a/dist/debian/postinst
+++ b/dist/debian/postinst
@@ -9,30 +9,6 @@ CONDUWUIT_CONFIG_PATH=/etc/conduwuit
 
 case "$1" in
   configure)
-    # Create the `conduwuit` user if it does not exist yet.
-    if ! getent passwd conduwuit > /dev/null ; then
-      echo 'Adding system user for the conduwuit Matrix homeserver' 1>&2
-      adduser --system --group --quiet \
-        --home "$CONDUWUIT_DATABASE_PATH" \
-        --disabled-login \
-        --shell "/usr/sbin/nologin" \
-        conduwuit
-    fi
-
-    # Create the database path if it does not exist yet and fix up ownership
-    # and permissions for the config.
-    mkdir -v -p "$CONDUWUIT_DATABASE_PATH"
-
-    # symlink the previous location for compatibility if it does not exist yet.
-    if ! test -L "/var/lib/matrix-conduit" ; then
-        ln -s -v "$CONDUWUIT_DATABASE_PATH" "/var/lib/matrix-conduit"
-    fi
-
-    chown -v conduwuit:conduwuit -R "$CONDUWUIT_DATABASE_PATH"
-    chown -v conduwuit:conduwuit -R "$CONDUWUIT_CONFIG_PATH"
-
-    chmod -v 740 "$CONDUWUIT_DATABASE_PATH"
-
     echo ''
     echo 'Make sure you edit the example config at /etc/conduwuit/conduwuit.toml before starting!'
     echo 'To start the server, run: systemctl start conduwuit.service'
diff --git a/dist/debian/postrm b/dist/debian/postrm
index 3c0b1c09..d5a9e0ac 100644
--- a/dist/debian/postrm
+++ b/dist/debian/postrm
@@ -20,24 +20,18 @@ case $1 in
 
     if [ -d "$CONDUWUIT_CONFIG_PATH" ]; then
       if test -L "$CONDUWUIT_CONFIG_PATH"; then
-        echo "Deleting conduwuit configuration files"
+        echo "Deleting continuwuity configuration files"
         rm -v -r "$CONDUWUIT_CONFIG_PATH"
       fi
     fi
 
     if [ -d "$CONDUWUIT_DATABASE_PATH" ]; then
       if test -L "$CONDUWUIT_DATABASE_PATH"; then
-        echo "Deleting conduwuit database directory"
+        echo "Deleting continuwuity database directory"
         rm -r "$CONDUWUIT_DATABASE_PATH"
       fi
     fi
 
-    if [ -d "$CONDUWUIT_DATABASE_PATH_SYMLINK" ]; then
-      if test -L "$CONDUWUIT_DATABASE_SYMLINK"; then
-        echo "Removing matrix-conduit symlink"
-        rm -r "$CONDUWUIT_DATABASE_PATH_SYMLINK"
-      fi
-    fi
     ;;
 esac