diff --git a/.travis/package_management/configure_deb_lxc_environment.py b/.travis/package_management/configure_deb_lxc_environment.py
index 1ffda6135f..627493bf54 100755
--- a/.travis/package_management/configure_deb_lxc_environment.py
+++ b/.travis/package_management/configure_deb_lxc_environment.py
@@ -80,30 +80,6 @@ tar_file="%s/netdata-%s.tar.gz" % (os.path.dirname(dest_archive), friendly_versi
 print("5. I will be building version '%s' of netdata." % os.environ['BUILD_VERSION'])
 dest_archive="%s/netdata-%s.tar.gz" % (build_path, friendly_version)
 
-### Debian
-if str(os.environ["BUILD_STRING"]).count("debian/jessie") == 1:
-    print("5.1 We are building for Jessie, adjusting control file")
-    common.run_command_in_host(['sudo', 'rm', 'contrib/debian/control'])
-    common.run_command_in_host(['sudo', 'cp', 'contrib/debian/control.jessie', 'contrib/debian/control'])
-if str(os.environ["BUILD_STRING"]).count("debian/buster") == 1:
-    print("5.1 We are building for Buster, adjusting control file")
-    common.run_command_in_host(['sudo', 'rm', 'contrib/debian/control'])
-    common.run_command_in_host(['sudo', 'cp', 'contrib/debian/control.buster', 'contrib/debian/control'])
-
-### Ubuntu
-if str(os.environ["BUILD_STRING"]).count("ubuntu/focal") == 1:
-    print("5.1 We are building for Focal, adjusting control file")
-    common.run_command_in_host(['sudo', 'rm', 'contrib/debian/control'])
-    common.run_command_in_host(['sudo', 'cp', 'contrib/debian/control.focal', 'contrib/debian/control'])
-if str(os.environ["BUILD_STRING"]).count("ubuntu/xenial") == 1:
-    print("5.1 We are building for Xenial, adjusting control file")
-    common.run_command_in_host(['sudo', 'rm', 'contrib/debian/control'])
-    common.run_command_in_host(['sudo', 'cp', 'contrib/debian/control.xenial', 'contrib/debian/control'])
-if str(os.environ["BUILD_STRING"]).count("ubuntu/eoan") == 1:
-    print("5.1 We are building for Eoan, adjusting control file")
-    common.run_command_in_host(['sudo', 'rm', 'contrib/debian/control'])
-    common.run_command_in_host(['sudo', 'cp', 'contrib/debian/control.eoan', 'contrib/debian/control'])
-
 common.prepare_version_source(dest_archive, friendly_version, tag=tag)
 
 print("6. Installing build.sh script to build path")
diff --git a/contrib/README.md b/contrib/README.md
index d13fe5786e..a9e89ce11a 100644
--- a/contrib/README.md
+++ b/contrib/README.md
@@ -22,6 +22,17 @@ way to do this is with a symlink:
 ln -s contrib/debian
 ```
 
+Edit the `debian/changelog` file to reflect the package version and
+the build time:
+
+```sh
+netdata (1.21.0) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+  * Initial Release
+
+ -- Netdata Builder <bot@netdata.cloud>   Tue, 12 May 2020 10:36:52 +0200
+```
+
 Then build the debian package:
 
 ```sh
@@ -32,36 +43,16 @@ This should give a package that can be installed in the parent
 directory, which you can install manually with dpkg.
 
 ```sh
-ls ../*.deb
-../netdata_1.0.0_amd64.deb
-sudo dpkg -i ../netdata_1.0.0_amd64.deb
+ls -1 ../*.deb
+../netdata_1.21.0_amd64.deb
+../netdata-dbgsym_1.21.0_amd64.deb
+../netdata-plugin-cups_1.21.0_amd64.deb
+../netdata-plugin-cups-dbgsym_1.21.0_amd64.deb
+../netdata-plugin-freeipmi_1.21.0_amd64.deb
+../netdata-plugin-freeipmi-dbgsym_1.21.0_amd64.deb
+sudo dpkg -i ../netdata_1.21.0_amd64.deb
 ```
 
-### Building for a Debian system without systemd
-
-The included packaging is designed for modern Debian systems that
-are based on systemd. To build non-systemd packages (for example,
-for Debian wheezy), you will need to make a couple of minor
-updates first.
-
--   edit `contrib/debian/rules` and adjust the `dh` rule near the
-    top to remove systemd (see comments in that file).
-
--   rename `contrib/debian/control.wheezy` to `contrib/debian/control`.
-
--   change `control.wheezy from contrib/Makefile* to control`.
-
--   uncomment `EXTRA_OPTS="-P /var/run/netdata.pid"` in
-    `contrib/debian/netdata.default`
-
--   edit `contrib/debian/netdata.init` and change `PIDFILE` to
-    `/var/run/netdata.pid`
-
--   remove `dpkg-statoverride --update --add --force root netdata 0775 /var/lib/netdata/registry` from
-    `contrib/debian/netdata.postinst.in`. If you are going to handle the unique id file differently.
-
-Then proceed as the main instructions above.
-
 ### Reinstalling Netdata
 
 The recommended way to upgrade Netdata packages built from this
diff --git a/contrib/debian/control b/contrib/debian/control
index f0c4bf303e..184401c810 100644
--- a/contrib/debian/control
+++ b/contrib/debian/control
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@ Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9),
                pkg-config,
                curl,
                gcc,
-               g++
+               g++,
+               protobuf-compiler
 Section: net
 Priority: optional
 Maintainer: Netdata Builder <bot@netdata.cloud>
@@ -36,18 +37,7 @@ Architecture: any
 Depends: adduser,
          libcap2-bin (>= 1:2.0),
          lsb-base (>= 3.1-23.2),
-         zlib1g,
-         libuuid1,
-         libuv1,
-         liblz4-1,
-         libjudydebian1,
          openssl,
-         libmnl0,
-         libjson-c3,
-         libnetfilter-acct1,
-         libprotobuf-c1,
-         libsnappy1v5,
-         libprotoc10,
          ${misc:Depends},
          ${shlibs:Depends}
 Pre-Depends: dpkg (>= 1.17.14)
@@ -69,5 +59,5 @@ Depends: freeipmi,
          netdata (= ${source:Version})
 Description: FreeIPMI - The Intelligent Platform Management System.
  The IPMI specification defines a set of interfaces for platform management.
- It is implemented by a number vendors for system management. The features of IPMI that most users will be interested in 
+ It is implemented by a number vendors for system management. The features of IPMI that most users will be interested in
  are sensor monitoring, system event monitoring, power control, and serial-over-LAN (SOL).
diff --git a/contrib/debian/control.buster b/contrib/debian/control.buster
deleted file mode 100644
index b601ddb993..0000000000
--- a/contrib/debian/control.buster
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,73 +0,0 @@
-Source: netdata
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9),
-               dh-autoreconf,
-               dh-systemd (>= 1.5),
-               dpkg-dev (>= 1.13.19),
-               zlib1g-dev,
-               uuid-dev,
-               libuv1-dev,
-               liblz4-dev,
-               libjudy-dev,
-               libssl-dev,
-               libmnl-dev,
-               libjson-c-dev,
-               libcups2-dev,
-               libipmimonitoring-dev,
-               libnetfilter-acct-dev,
-               libsnappy-dev,
-               libprotobuf-dev,
-               libprotoc-dev,
-               cmake,
-               autogen,
-               autoconf,
-               automake,
-               pkg-config,
-               curl,
-               gcc,
-               g++
-Section: net
-Priority: optional
-Maintainer: Netdata Builder <bot@netdata.cloud>
-Standards-Version: 3.9.6
-Homepage: https://netdata.cloud
-
-Package: netdata
-Architecture: any
-Depends: adduser,
-         libcap2-bin (>= 1:2.0),
-         lsb-base (>= 3.1-23.2),
-         zlib1g,
-         libuuid1,
-         libuv1,
-         liblz4-1,
-         libjudydebian1,
-         openssl,
-         libmnl0,
-         libjson-c3,
-         libnetfilter-acct1,
-         libprotobuf-c1,
-         libsnappy1v5,
-         libprotoc17,
-         ${misc:Depends},
-         ${shlibs:Depends}
-Pre-Depends: dpkg (>= 1.17.14)
-Description: real-time charts for system monitoring
- Netdata is a daemon that collects data in realtime (per second)
- and presents a web site to view and analyze them. The presentation
- is also real-time and full of interactive charts that precisely
- render all collected values.
-
-Package: netdata-plugin-cups
-Architecture: any
-Depends: cups,
-         netdata (>= ${source:Version})
-Description: The Common Unix Printing System plugin for metrics collection from cupsd
-
-Package: netdata-plugin-freeipmi
-Architecture: any
-Depends: freeipmi,
-         netdata (= ${source:Version})
-Description: FreeIPMI - The Intelligent Platform Management System.
- The IPMI specification defines a set of interfaces for platform management.
- It is implemented by a number vendors for system management. The features of IPMI that most users will be interested in 
- are sensor monitoring, system event monitoring, power control, and serial-over-LAN (SOL).
diff --git a/contrib/debian/control.eoan b/contrib/debian/control.eoan
deleted file mode 100644
index d50458e650..0000000000
--- a/contrib/debian/control.eoan
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,73 +0,0 @@
-Source: netdata
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9),
-               dh-autoreconf,
-               dh-systemd (>= 1.5),
-               dpkg-dev (>= 1.13.19),
-               zlib1g-dev,
-               uuid-dev,
-               libuv1-dev,
-               liblz4-dev,
-               libjudy-dev,
-               libssl-dev,
-               libmnl-dev,
-               libjson-c-dev,
-               libcups2-dev,
-               libipmimonitoring-dev,
-               libnetfilter-acct-dev,
-               libsnappy-dev,
-               libprotobuf-dev,
-               libprotoc-dev,
-               cmake,
-               autogen,
-               autoconf,
-               automake,
-               pkg-config,
-               curl,
-               gcc,
-               g++
-Section: net
-Priority: optional
-Maintainer: Netdata Builder <bot@netdata.cloud>
-Standards-Version: 3.9.6
-Homepage: https://netdata.cloud
-
-Package: netdata
-Architecture: any
-Depends: adduser,
-         libcap2-bin (>= 1:2.0),
-         lsb-base (>= 3.1-23.2),
-         zlib1g,
-         libuuid1,
-         libuv1,
-         liblz4-1,
-         libjudydebian1,
-         openssl,
-         libmnl0,
-         libjson-c4,
-         libnetfilter-acct1,
-         libprotobuf-c1,
-         libsnappy1v5,
-         libprotoc17,
-         ${misc:Depends},
-         ${shlibs:Depends}
-Pre-Depends: dpkg (>= 1.17.14)
-Description: real-time charts for system monitoring
- Netdata is a daemon that collects data in realtime (per second)
- and presents a web site to view and analyze them. The presentation
- is also real-time and full of interactive charts that precisely
- render all collected values.
-
-Package: netdata-plugin-cups
-Architecture: any
-Depends: cups,
-         netdata (>= ${source:Version})
-Description: The Common Unix Printing System plugin for metrics collection from cupsd
-
-Package: netdata-plugin-freeipmi
-Architecture: any
-Depends: freeipmi,
-         netdata (= ${source:Version})
-Description: FreeIPMI - The Intelligent Platform Management System.
- The IPMI specification defines a set of interfaces for platform management.
- It is implemented by a number vendors for system management. The features of IPMI that most users will be interested in 
- are sensor monitoring, system event monitoring, power control, and serial-over-LAN (SOL).
diff --git a/contrib/debian/control.focal b/contrib/debian/control.focal
deleted file mode 100644
index d50458e650..0000000000
--- a/contrib/debian/control.focal
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,73 +0,0 @@
-Source: netdata
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9),
-               dh-autoreconf,
-               dh-systemd (>= 1.5),
-               dpkg-dev (>= 1.13.19),
-               zlib1g-dev,
-               uuid-dev,
-               libuv1-dev,
-               liblz4-dev,
-               libjudy-dev,
-               libssl-dev,
-               libmnl-dev,
-               libjson-c-dev,
-               libcups2-dev,
-               libipmimonitoring-dev,
-               libnetfilter-acct-dev,
-               libsnappy-dev,
-               libprotobuf-dev,
-               libprotoc-dev,
-               cmake,
-               autogen,
-               autoconf,
-               automake,
-               pkg-config,
-               curl,
-               gcc,
-               g++
-Section: net
-Priority: optional
-Maintainer: Netdata Builder <bot@netdata.cloud>
-Standards-Version: 3.9.6
-Homepage: https://netdata.cloud
-
-Package: netdata
-Architecture: any
-Depends: adduser,
-         libcap2-bin (>= 1:2.0),
-         lsb-base (>= 3.1-23.2),
-         zlib1g,
-         libuuid1,
-         libuv1,
-         liblz4-1,
-         libjudydebian1,
-         openssl,
-         libmnl0,
-         libjson-c4,
-         libnetfilter-acct1,
-         libprotobuf-c1,
-         libsnappy1v5,
-         libprotoc17,
-         ${misc:Depends},
-         ${shlibs:Depends}
-Pre-Depends: dpkg (>= 1.17.14)
-Description: real-time charts for system monitoring
- Netdata is a daemon that collects data in realtime (per second)
- and presents a web site to view and analyze them. The presentation
- is also real-time and full of interactive charts that precisely
- render all collected values.
-
-Package: netdata-plugin-cups
-Architecture: any
-Depends: cups,
-         netdata (>= ${source:Version})
-Description: The Common Unix Printing System plugin for metrics collection from cupsd
-
-Package: netdata-plugin-freeipmi
-Architecture: any
-Depends: freeipmi,
-         netdata (= ${source:Version})
-Description: FreeIPMI - The Intelligent Platform Management System.
- The IPMI specification defines a set of interfaces for platform management.
- It is implemented by a number vendors for system management. The features of IPMI that most users will be interested in 
- are sensor monitoring, system event monitoring, power control, and serial-over-LAN (SOL).
diff --git a/contrib/debian/control.jessie b/contrib/debian/control.jessie
deleted file mode 100644
index 42247b345c..0000000000
--- a/contrib/debian/control.jessie
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,71 +0,0 @@
-Source: netdata
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9),
-               dh-autoreconf,
-               dh-systemd (>= 1.5),
-               dpkg-dev (>= 1.13.19),
-               zlib1g-dev,
-               uuid-dev,
-               liblz4-dev,
-               libjudy-dev,
-               libssl-dev,
-               libmnl-dev,
-               libjson-c-dev,
-               libcups2-dev,
-               libipmimonitoring-dev,
-               libnetfilter-acct-dev,
-               libsnappy-dev,
-               libprotobuf-dev,
-               libprotoc-dev,
-               cmake,
-               autogen,
-               autoconf,
-               automake,
-               pkg-config,
-               curl,
-               gcc,
-               g++
-Section: net
-Priority: optional
-Maintainer: Costa Tsaousis <costa@tsaousis.gr>
-Standards-Version: 3.9.6
-Homepage: https://github.com/netdata/netdata/wiki
-
-Package: netdata
-Architecture: any
-Depends: adduser,
-         libcap2-bin (>= 1:2.0),
-         lsb-base (>= 3.1-23.2),
-         zlib1g,
-         libuuid1,
-         liblz4-1,
-         libjudydebian1,
-         openssl,
-         libmnl0,
-         libjson-c2,
-         libnetfilter-acct1,
-         libprotobuf-c1,
-         libsnappy1,
-         libprotoc9,
-         ${misc:Depends},
-         ${shlibs:Depends}
-Pre-Depends: dpkg (>= 1.17.14)
-Description: real-time charts for system monitoring
- Netdata is a daemon that collects data in realtime (per second)
- and presents a web site to view and analyze them. The presentation
- is also real-time and full of interactive charts that precisely
- render all collected values.
-
-Package: netdata-plugin-cups
-Architecture: any
-Depends: cups,
-         netdata (>= ${source:Version})
-Description: The Common Unix Printing System plugin for metrics collection from cupsd
-
-Package: netdata-plugin-freeipmi
-Architecture: any
-Depends: freeipmi,
-         netdata (= ${source:Version})
-Description: FreeIPMI - The Intelligent Platform Management System.
- The IPMI specification defines a set of interfaces for platform management.
- It is implemented by a number vendors for system management. The features of IPMI that most users will be interested in 
- are sensor monitoring, system event monitoring, power control, and serial-over-LAN (SOL).
diff --git a/contrib/debian/control.trusty b/contrib/debian/control.trusty
deleted file mode 100644
index 3b8873c02e..0000000000
--- a/contrib/debian/control.trusty
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,71 +0,0 @@
-Source: netdata
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9),
-               dh-autoreconf,
-               dh-systemd (>= 1.5),
-               dpkg-dev (>= 1.13.19),
-               zlib1g-dev,
-               uuid-dev,
-               liblz4-dev,
-               libjudy-dev,
-               libssl-dev,
-               libmnl-dev,
-               libjson-c-dev,
-               libcups2-dev,
-               libipmimonitoring-dev,
-               libnetfilter-acct-dev,
-               libsnappy-dev,
-               libprotobuf-dev,
-               libprotoc-dev,
-               cmake,
-               autogen,
-               autoconf,
-               automake,
-               pkg-config,
-               curl,
-               gcc,
-               g++
-Section: net
-Priority: optional
-Maintainer: Netdata Builder <bot@netdata.cloud>
-Standards-Version: 3.9.6
-Homepage: https://netdata.cloud
-
-Package: netdata
-Architecture: any
-Depends: adduser,
-         libcap2-bin (>= 1:2.0),
-         lsb-base (>= 3.1-23.2),
-         zlib1g,
-         libuuid1,
-         liblz4-1,
-         libjudydebian1,
-         openssl,
-         libmnl0,
-         libjson-c2,
-         libnetfilter-acct1,
-         libprotobuf-c0,
-         libsnappy1,
-         libprotoc8,
-         ${misc:Depends},
-         ${shlibs:Depends}
-Pre-Depends: dpkg (>= 1.17.14)
-Description: real-time charts for system monitoring
- Netdata is a daemon that collects data in realtime (per second)
- and presents a web site to view and analyze them. The presentation
- is also real-time and full of interactive charts that precisely
- render all collected values.
-
-Package: netdata-plugin-cups
-Architecture: any
-Depends: cups,
-         netdata (>= ${source:Version})
-Description: The Common Unix Printing System plugin for metrics collection from cupsd
-
-Package: netdata-plugin-freeipmi
-Architecture: any
-Depends: freeipmi,
-         netdata (= ${source:Version})
-Description: FreeIPMI - The Intelligent Platform Management System.
- The IPMI specification defines a set of interfaces for platform management.
- It is implemented by a number vendors for system management. The features of IPMI that most users will be interested in 
- are sensor monitoring, system event monitoring, power control, and serial-over-LAN (SOL).
diff --git a/contrib/debian/control.wheezy b/contrib/debian/control.wheezy
deleted file mode 100644
index 8441d9d666..0000000000
--- a/contrib/debian/control.wheezy
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,41 +0,0 @@
-Source: netdata
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9),
-               dh-autoreconf,
-               pkg-config,
-               dpkg-dev (>= 1.13.19),
-               cmake,
-               zlib1g-dev,
-               uuid-dev
-Section: net
-Priority: optional
-Maintainer: Costa Tsaousis <costa@tsaousis.gr>
-Standards-Version: 3.9.6
-Homepage: https://github.com/netdata/netdata/wiki
-
-Package: netdata
-Architecture: any
-Depends: adduser,
-         libcap2-bin (>= 1:2.0),
-         lsb-base (>= 3.1-23.2),
-         ${misc:Depends},
-         ${shlibs:Depends}
-Description: real-time charts for system monitoring
- Netdata is a daemon that collects data in realtime (per second)
- and presents a web site to view and analyze them. The presentation
- is also real-time and full of interactive charts that precisely
- render all collected values.
-
-Package: netdata-plugin-cups
-Architecture: any
-Depends: cups,
-         netdata (>= ${source:Version})
-Description: The Common Unix Printing System plugin for metrics collection from cupsd
-
-Package: netdata-plugin-freeipmi
-Architecture: any
-Depends: freeipmi,
-         netdata (= ${source:Version})
-Description: FreeIPMI - The Intelligent Platform Management System.
- The IPMI specification defines a set of interfaces for platform management.
- It is implemented by a number vendors for system management. The features of IPMI that most users will be interested in 
- are sensor monitoring, system event monitoring, power control, and serial-over-LAN (SOL).
diff --git a/contrib/debian/control.xenial b/contrib/debian/control.xenial
deleted file mode 100644
index 43796567cd..0000000000
--- a/contrib/debian/control.xenial
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,73 +0,0 @@
-Source: netdata
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9),
-               dh-autoreconf,
-               dh-systemd (>= 1.5),
-               dpkg-dev (>= 1.13.19),
-               zlib1g-dev,
-               uuid-dev,
-               libuv1-dev,
-               liblz4-dev,
-               libjudy-dev,
-               libssl-dev,
-               libmnl-dev,
-               libjson-c-dev,
-               libcups2-dev,
-               libipmimonitoring-dev,
-               libnetfilter-acct-dev,
-               libsnappy-dev,
-               libprotobuf-dev,
-               libprotoc-dev,
-               cmake,
-               autogen,
-               autoconf,
-               automake,
-               pkg-config,
-               curl,
-               gcc,
-               g++
-Section: net
-Priority: optional
-Maintainer: Netdata Builder <bot@netdata.cloud>
-Standards-Version: 3.9.6
-Homepage: https://netdata.cloud
-
-Package: netdata
-Architecture: any
-Depends: adduser,
-         libcap2-bin (>= 1:2.0),
-         lsb-base (>= 3.1-23.2),
-         zlib1g,
-         libuuid1,
-         libuv1,
-         liblz4-1,
-         libjudydebian1,
-         openssl,
-         libmnl0,
-         libjson-c2,
-         libnetfilter-acct1,
-         libprotobuf-c1,
-         libsnappy1v5,
-         libprotoc9v5,
-         ${misc:Depends},
-         ${shlibs:Depends}
-Pre-Depends: dpkg (>= 1.17.14)
-Description: real-time charts for system monitoring
- Netdata is a daemon that collects data in realtime (per second)
- and presents a web site to view and analyze them. The presentation
- is also real-time and full of interactive charts that precisely
- render all collected values.
-
-Package: netdata-plugin-cups
-Architecture: any
-Depends: cups,
-         netdata (>= ${source:Version})
-Description: The Common Unix Printing System plugin for metrics collection from cupsd
-
-Package: netdata-plugin-freeipmi
-Architecture: any
-Depends: freeipmi,
-         netdata (= ${source:Version})
-Description: FreeIPMI - The Intelligent Platform Management System.
- The IPMI specification defines a set of interfaces for platform management.
- It is implemented by a number vendors for system management. The features of IPMI that most users will be interested in 
- are sensor monitoring, system event monitoring, power control, and serial-over-LAN (SOL).
diff --git a/contrib/debian/netdata.default b/contrib/debian/netdata.default
index 9e7f8ae6ed..1d9a9c4e98 100644
--- a/contrib/debian/netdata.default
+++ b/contrib/debian/netdata.default
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # Extra arguments to pass to netdata
 #
 #EXTRA_OPTS=""
-#uncomment following line if you are building a wheezy-package
-#EXTRA_OPTS="-P /var/run/netdata.pid"
+#
+# Location of pidfile. Only used on SysV init based systems.
+#
+#PIDFILE="/var/run/netdata/netdata.pid"
diff --git a/contrib/debian/netdata.init b/contrib/debian/netdata.init
index c1b2b74dee..c2706caa55 100755
--- a/contrib/debian/netdata.init
+++ b/contrib/debian/netdata.init
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ test -f $DAEMON || exit 0
 
 case "$1" in
 start)	log_daemon_msg "Starting real-time system monitoring" "netdata"
-        start_daemon -p $PIDFILE $DAEMON $EXTRA_OPTS
+        start_daemon -p $PIDFILE $DAEMON -P $PIDFILE $EXTRA_OPTS
         log_end_msg $?
 	;;
 stop)	log_daemon_msg "Stopping real-time system monitoring" "netdata"