diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -194,25 +194,14 @@ configure_file("${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_D
 configure_file("${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/misc/program_name.png"
   "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/${PROGRAM_NAME}.png" COPYONLY)
 
-find_program(XDG-DESKTOP-MENU xdg-desktop-menu)
-find_program(XDG-ICON-RESOURCE xdg-icon-resource)
-
 if (UNIX)
   # first copy files to share/serialplot/
   install(FILES
     ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/${PROGRAM_NAME}.desktop
-    ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/${PROGRAM_NAME}.png
-    DESTINATION share/${PROGRAM_NAME})
-
-  # install copyright file (in debian format)
+    DESTINATION share/applications/)
   install(FILES
-    ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/debian/copyright
-    DESTINATION share/doc/${PROGRAM_NAME}/)
-
-  install(CODE "
-  execute_process(COMMAND ${XDG-DESKTOP-MENU} install --novendor ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/share/${PROGRAM_NAME}/${PROGRAM_NAME}.desktop)
-  execute_process(COMMAND ${XDG-ICON-RESOURCE} install --novendor --size 256 ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/share/${PROGRAM_NAME}/${PROGRAM_NAME}.png)
-")
+    ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/${PROGRAM_NAME}.png
+	DESTINATION share/icons/hicolor/256x256/apps/)
 endif (UNIX)
 
 # uninstalling
@@ -223,9 +212,7 @@ configure_file(
 
 if (UNIX)
   add_custom_target(uninstall
-    COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -P ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/cmake_uninstall.cmake
-    COMMAND ${XDG-DESKTOP-MENU} uninstall --novendor ${PROGRAM_NAME}.desktop
-    COMMAND ${XDG-ICON-RESOURCE} uninstall --novendor --size 256 ${PROGRAM_NAME})
+    COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -P ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/cmake_uninstall.cmake)
 endif (UNIX)
 
 # packaging
@@ -237,10 +224,6 @@ endif (UNIX)
 
 include(InstallRequiredSystemLibraries)
 
-# configure debian scripts
-configure_file(${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/debian/postinst.in ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/debian/postinst)
-configure_file(${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/debian/postrm.in ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/debian/postrm)
-
 set(CPACK_PACKAGE_NAME "${PROGRAM_NAME}")
 set(CPACK_PACKAGE_DESCRIPTION_SUMMARY "Small and simple software for plotting data from serial port")
 set(CPACK_PACKAGE_CONTACT "Hasan Yavuz Özderya <hy@ozderya.net>")
@@ -257,9 +240,6 @@ set(CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_DESCRIPTION "Sm
 if (NOT QWT_USE_STATIC)
   set(CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_DEPENDS "${CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_DEPENDS}, libqwt6-qt5 (>= 6.1.1)")
 endif (NOT QWT_USE_STATIC)
-set(CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_CONTROL_EXTRA
-  "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/debian/postinst"
-  "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/debian/postrm")
 
 if (UNIX)
   set(CPACK_PACKAGE_EXECUTABLES "${PROGRAM_NAME}")
diff --git a/debian/copyright b/debian/copyright
deleted file mode 100644
--- a/debian/copyright
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-Format: http://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/copyright-format/1.0/
-Upstream-Name: serialplot
-Source: https://bitbucket.org/hyOzd/serialplot
-
-Files: *
-Copyright: Copyright © 2015 Hasan Yavuz Özderya <hy@ozderya.net>
-License: GPL-3+
- This program is free software; you can redistribute it
- and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public
- License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
- version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later
- version.
- .
- This program is distributed in the hope that it will be
- useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied
- warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
- PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for more
- details.
- .
- You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public
- License along with this package; if not, see
- <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
- .
- On Debian systems, the full text of the GNU General Public
- License version 3 can be found in the file
- `/usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-3'.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/debian/postinst.in b/debian/postinst.in
deleted file mode 100755
--- a/debian/postinst.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-xdg-desktop-menu install --novendor /usr/share/serialplot/@PROGRAM_NAME@.desktop
-xdg-icon-resource install --novendor --size 256 /usr/share/@PROGRAM_NAME@/@PROGRAM_NAME@.png
diff --git a/debian/postrm.in b/debian/postrm.in
deleted file mode 100755
--- a/debian/postrm.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-xdg-desktop-menu uninstall --novendor @PROGRAM_NAME@.desktop
-xdg-icon-resource uninstall --novendor --size 256 @PROGRAM_NAME@