diff --git a/debian/gbp.conf b/debian/gbp.conf
index 3f869dc..5362100 100644
--- a/debian/gbp.conf
+++ b/debian/gbp.conf
@@ -7,5 +7,4 @@ debian-tag-msg = %(pkg)s v%(version)s
 sign-tags = true
 
 [dch]
-postedit = sed -i s"@^\( \+version: '\)[0-9.]\+\(',\)@\1$GBP_DEBIAN_VERSION\2@" meson.build
 multimaint-merge = true