diff --git a/debian/cabal-wrapper b/debian/cabal-wrapper
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index a900c75433..0000000000
--- a/debian/cabal-wrapper
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@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-# It would be more usual to use:
-#   export BUILDER=./Setup
-# But Setup currently has a very bad dependency resolver, and very bad
-# debugging output, and tends to eat all memory and die on small buildds.
-# See https://github.com/haskell/cabal/issues/2777
-set -e
-
-# Avoid cabal writing to HOME, and avoid local cabal settings
-# influencing the build.
-HOME=$(mktemp -d)
-export HOME
-
-cabal "$@"