diff --git a/debian/cassandra.install b/debian/cassandra.install
index 7f5aa10e8776..a505e15a4dda 100644
--- a/debian/cassandra.install
+++ b/debian/cassandra.install
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-conf/cassandra-topology.yaml etc/cassandra
 conf/cassandra.yaml etc/cassandra
 conf/cassandra-env.sh etc/cassandra
 conf/cassandra-rackdc.properties etc/cassandra