diff --git a/debian/rules.d/0-common-vars.mk b/debian/rules.d/0-common-vars.mk
index 5dfe7113786f32776635b41a27e7bd6e63612afa..17eed6a25717ad177f4031e29bcbe84619376064 100644
--- a/debian/rules.d/0-common-vars.mk
+++ b/debian/rules.d/0-common-vars.mk
@@ -129,7 +129,6 @@ stampdir	:= $(CURDIR)/debian/stamps
 # are places that you'll find linux-image hard coded, but I guess thats OK since the
 # assumption that the binary package always starts with linux-image will never change.
 #
-src_pkg_name=linux
 bin_pkg_name=linux-image-$(abi_release)
 extra_pkg_name=linux-image-extra-$(abi_release)
 hdrs_pkg_name=linux-headers-$(abi_release)