diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 844e0e9034b72f67d4b5d04840d2aaebeab36b04..845fa65314be0381d55eba934c47f64e1c47cc2c 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+python-dmidecode (3.12.2-9) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+  * revert symlink_to_dir for -dbg packages; Closes: #924007
+
+ -- Sandro Tosi <morph@debian.org>  Sat, 09 Mar 2019 14:49:11 -0500
+
 python-dmidecode (3.12.2-8) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * debian/rules
diff --git a/debian/python-dmidecode-dbg.maintscript b/debian/python-dmidecode-dbg.maintscript
index ccc5c13c222637a54d64a8cd10e7061eb35695b1..2bcd84b42ac825eff3181658f93122b52b85577d 100644
--- a/debian/python-dmidecode-dbg.maintscript
+++ b/debian/python-dmidecode-dbg.maintscript
@@ -1 +1 @@
-dir_to_symlink /usr/share/doc/python-dmidecode-dbg python-dmidecode 3.12.2-8~
+symlink_to_dir /usr/share/doc/python-dmidecode-dbg python-dmidecode 3.12.2-9~
diff --git a/debian/python3-dmidecode-dbg.maintscript b/debian/python3-dmidecode-dbg.maintscript
index b443c9cb3ac1febeb192897536178996d90bbe88..612bc57e0497a449c0050f1b632091e5b6cf90c8 100644
--- a/debian/python3-dmidecode-dbg.maintscript
+++ b/debian/python3-dmidecode-dbg.maintscript
@@ -1 +1 @@
-dir_to_symlink /usr/share/doc/python3-dmidecode-dbg python3-dmidecode 3.12.2-8~
+symlink_to_dir /usr/share/doc/python3-dmidecode-dbg python3-dmidecode 3.12.2-9~
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 8a1d9e8aee68db84942504f373a53f61e72538aa..99ef23b5bbd7d21680e16fdd7866b1aa351fe9dc 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -38,12 +38,7 @@ ifeq ($(filter nocheck,$(DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS)),)
 endif
 
 override_dh_installdocs:
-	dh_installdocs -p$(P2)-dbg --link-doc=$(P2)
-	dh_installdocs -p$(P3)-dbg --link-doc=$(P3)
-	dh_installdocs -p$(P2) README doc/AUTHORS doc/changelog doc/README.types doc/AUTHORS.upstream doc/README.upstream
-	dh_installdocs -p$(P3) README doc/AUTHORS doc/changelog doc/README.types doc/AUTHORS.upstream doc/README.upstream
-	mkdir -p $(CURDIR)/debian/$(P2)-data/usr/share/doc/
-	cp -r $(CURDIR)/debian/$(P2)/usr/share/doc/$(P2) $(CURDIR)/debian/$(P2)-data/usr/share/doc/$(P2)-data
+	dh_installdocs -A README doc/AUTHORS doc/changelog doc/README.types doc/AUTHORS.upstream doc/README.upstream
 
 override_dh_strip:
 ifeq (,$(filter nostrip,$(DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS)))