diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index d738d243..2fe8bbed 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+notmuch (0.25-6) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+  * Bug fix: "deletes shipped file on reinstall:
+    /etc/emacs/site-start.d/50notmuch.el", thanks to Andreas Beckmann
+    (Closes: #872197).
+
+ -- David Bremner <bremner@debian.org>  Tue, 15 Aug 2017 07:52:21 -0300
+
 notmuch (0.25-5) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * Bug fix: "dependency on elpa-emacs doesn't seem right", thanks
diff --git a/debian/notmuch.emacsen-startup b/debian/notmuch.emacsen-startup
deleted file mode 100644
index 60bf9968..00000000
--- a/debian/notmuch.emacsen-startup
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-;; -*-emacs-lisp-*-
-;;
-;; Emacs startup file, e.g.  /etc/emacs/site-start.d/50notmuch.el
-;; for the Debian notmuch package
-
-;; The notmuch package follows the Debian/GNU Linux 'emacsen' policy and
-;; byte-compiles its elisp files for each 'emacs flavor' (emacs19,
-;; xemacs19, emacs20, xemacs20...).  The compiled code is then
-;; installed in a subdirectory of the respective site-lisp directory.
-
-(cond
- ((not (file-exists-p "/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/notmuch"))
-  (message "Package notmuch removed but not purged.  Skipping setup."))
- ((not (file-exists-p (concat "/usr/share/"
-			      (symbol-name debian-emacs-flavor)
-			      "/site-lisp/notmuch")))
-  (message "Package notmuch not fully installed.  Skipping setup."))
- (t
-  (debian-pkg-add-load-path-item
-   (concat "/usr/share/"
-	   (symbol-name debian-emacs-flavor)
-	   "/site-lisp/notmuch"))
-  (autoload 'notmuch "notmuch" "Run notmuch and display saved searches, known tags, etc." t)
-  (autoload 'notmuch-hello "notmuch" "Run notmuch and display saved searches, known tags, etc." t)
-  (autoload 'notmuch-search "notmuch" "Run \"notmuch search\" with the given query string and display results." t)
-  (autoload 'notmuch-show "notmuch" "Run \"notmuch show\" with the given thread ID and display results." t)
-
-  ))