diff --git a/.goreleaser.yml b/.goreleaser.yml
index cb610ad..7f7fab7 100644
--- a/.goreleaser.yml
+++ b/.goreleaser.yml
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ nfpms:
     dependencies:
       - "nftables"
       - "openconnect"
+      - "init-system-helpers (>= 1.62)"
     bindir: /usr/bin
     section: net
     # important: this makes the package non native
diff --git a/build/package/postinstall.sh b/build/package/postinstall.sh
index 8ed3404..5f50ccf 100644
--- a/build/package/postinstall.sh
+++ b/build/package/postinstall.sh
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 #!/bin/sh -e
-# taken from https://github.com/Debian/debhelper/blob/master/dh
+# taken from https://git.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/debhelper/tree/autoscripts/postinst-systemd-enable?h=applied/13.6ubuntu1
 
 UNIT='oc-daemon.service'
 
 case "$1" in
-	'configure' |	'abort-upgrade' | 'abort-deconfigure' | 'abort-remove')
+	'configure' | 'abort-upgrade' | 'abort-deconfigure' | 'abort-remove')
     # This will only remove masks created by d-s-h on package removal.
     deb-systemd-helper unmask $UNIT >/dev/null || true
 
diff --git a/build/package/postremove.sh b/build/package/postremove.sh
index 251f2a5..f8799a0 100644
--- a/build/package/postremove.sh
+++ b/build/package/postremove.sh
@@ -1,13 +1,10 @@
 #!/bin/sh -e
-# taken from https://github.com/Debian/debhelper/blob/master/dh
+# taken from https://git.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/debhelper/tree/autoscripts/postrm-systemd?h=applied/13.6ubuntu1 and
 
 UNIT='oc-daemon.service'
 
 case "$1" in
   'remove')
-    if [ -d /run/systemd/system ] ; then
-      systemctl --system daemon-reload >/dev/null || true
-    fi
     if [ -x "/usr/bin/deb-systemd-helper" ]; then
       deb-systemd-helper mask $UNIT >/dev/null || true
     fi
diff --git a/build/package/preremove.sh b/build/package/preremove.sh
index 6efa418..f291d7c 100644
--- a/build/package/preremove.sh
+++ b/build/package/preremove.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/sh -e
-# taken from https://github.com/Debian/debhelper/blob/master/dh
+# taken from https://git.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/debhelper/tree/autoscripts/preinst-systemd-stop?h=applied/13.6ubuntu1
 
 UNIT='oc-daemon.service'