diff --git a/syntax/Makefile.am b/syntax/Makefile.am
index d31e2399..4d992f90 100644
--- a/syntax/Makefile.am
+++ b/syntax/Makefile.am
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ pkgdata_DATA =	asm.nanorc \
 
 nobase_pkgdata_DATA = \
 		extra/ada.nanorc \
-		extra/debian.nanorc \
 		extra/fortran.nanorc \
 		extra/haskell.nanorc \
 		extra/povray.nanorc \
diff --git a/syntax/extra/debian.nanorc b/syntax/extra/debian.nanorc
deleted file mode 100644
index db770b12..00000000
--- a/syntax/extra/debian.nanorc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-## Syntax highlighting for apt's sources.list.
-
-syntax sources.list "sources\.list(\.d/.*\.list)?(~|\.old|\.save)?$"
-comment "#"
-
-# Coloring the deb lines, working from tail to head.  First the
-# components -- well, everything, and thus also the components.
-color brightmagenta "^deb.*"
-# Distribution -- well, everything, except the components.
-color brightred "^deb(-src)?\s+.*((ftp|https?|rsh|ssh|copy|file|spacewalk|tor):/\S+|cdrom:\[.+\]/)\s+\S+"
-# URIs.
-color brightgreen "^deb(-src)?\s+.*(ftp|https?|rsh|ssh|copy|file|spacewalk|tor):/\S+"
-# CDroms.
-color brightgreen "^deb(-src)?\s+.*cdrom:\[.+\]/"
-# Options.
-color brightcyan "^deb(-src)?\s+\[.+\]\s+"
-# And finally the initial deb tag.
-color yellow "^deb(-src)?"
-
-# Comments.
-color brightblue "#.*"