diff --git a/debian/patches/001-create-directories-in-install-path.patch b/debian/patches/001-create-directories-in-install-path.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 849eea6..0000000
--- a/debian/patches/001-create-directories-in-install-path.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-Description: Create the installation directory
-Author: Alan M Varghese <alan@digistorm.in>
-Last-Update: 2024-03-09
-Forwarded: not-needed
---- a/Makefile
-+++ b/Makefile
-@@ -71,4 +71,5 @@
- 
- install:
- 	make all
-+	mkdir -p $(PREFIX)/bin
- 	cp ./build/hyprpaper $(PREFIX)/bin -f
diff --git a/debian/patches/series b/debian/patches/series
deleted file mode 100644
index 9413bf4..0000000
--- a/debian/patches/series
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-001-create-directories-in-install-path.patch
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 0cb06c3..2a1d483 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -13,7 +13,10 @@ export CXXFLAGS:=$(shell dpkg-buildflags --get CXXFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS)
 # hyprpaper uses the 'clear' target instead of a 'clean' target
 override_dh_auto_clean:
 	dh_auto_clean
-	$(MAKE) clear
+	rm -rf *.c *.h obj-x86_64-linux-gnu/
+
+override_dh_auto_configure:
+	dh_auto_configure -- -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE:STRING=Release -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH=/usr
 
 override_dh_auto_install:
 	mkdir -p debian/tmp/usr/share/doc/hyprpaper