diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index c27f6444d..b3795a45a 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -10,15 +10,8 @@ DPKG_EXPORT_BUILDFLAGS = 1
 -include /usr/share/dpkg/buildflags.mk
 DEB_DISTRIBUTION = $(shell dpkg-parsechangelog | sed -n -e 's/^Distribution: //p')
 
-# Debian 7 has a version of Automake too old
-# to support autoreconf; just use the tarball-shipped versions
-# Can be removed once we stop shipping on these versions
 %:
-ifeq ($(findstring 7, $(shell cat /etc/debian_version)), 7)
-	dh $@ --with autotools-dev
-else
 	dh $@ --with autotools-dev,autoreconf
-endif
 
 override_dh_installdocs:
 	dh_installdocs --link-doc=fish