diff --git a/coredns/Makefile b/coredns/Makefile
index 59a4d41..29bfcee 100644
--- a/coredns/Makefile
+++ b/coredns/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-.PHONY: control
+# debian files were taking from upstream:
+# git clone https://github.com/coredns/debian.git
 
 # TARBALL=~/tmp/flutter-3.7.0-1.5.pre.tgz
 VERSION=1.10.1
@@ -57,15 +58,3 @@ build:
 	mv DEBIAN ../files/
 	cd .. && dpkg-deb --build files ${BASENAME}_${VERSION}.${MINOR}_amd64.deb
 	cd .. && dpkg-deb --info ${BASENAME}_${VERSION}.${MINOR}_amd64.deb
-
-# how to make a debian package "raw" just using tar and ar
-#
-# READ THIS AGAIN:
-#
-# A .deb file is just output from 'ar rcs'
-#
-tar-ar: control
-	cd DEBIAN && tar --ignore-failed-read -cvJf ../control.tar.xz .
-	cd files && tar -cvJf ../data.tar.xz .
-	ar rcs ${BASENAME}_${VERSION}.${MINOR}_amd64.deb debian-binary control.tar.xz data.tar.xz
-	dpkg-deb --info ${BASENAME}_${VERSION}.${MINOR}_amd64.deb
diff --git a/coredns/control b/coredns/control
index 5eb50c9..83795cf 100644
--- a/coredns/control
+++ b/coredns/control
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 Source: coredns
 Maintainer: Miek Gieben <miek@coredns.io>
 Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9), ca-certificates, curl, lsb-release, jq
+
 Package: coredns
 Architecture: any
 Description: A modern DNS server written in GO