diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 40ff464e..494761d6 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ fail2ban.1x: fail2ban fail2ban.h2m
 install:: all
 	mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)/etc/default
 	python setup.py install --root=debian/fail2ban/
-	cp config/fail2ban.conf.default $(DESTDIR)/etc/fail2ban.conf
 
 clean::
 	rm -rf changelog.gz fail2ban.1x build* `find -iname '*.pyc' `