diff --git a/bin/build-debian.sh b/bin/build-debian.sh
index f60b99d19..7f246ade3 100755
--- a/bin/build-debian.sh
+++ b/bin/build-debian.sh
@@ -5,18 +5,3 @@ echo "Packaging debian x64 distribution..."
 VERSION=`jq -r ".version" package.json`
 
 ./node_modules/.bin/electron-installer-debian --config bin/deb-options.json --options.version=${VERSION} --arch amd64
-
-
-# hacky stop-gag measure to produce debian compatible XZ compressed debs until this is fixed: https://github.com/electron-userland/electron-installer-debian/issues/272
-cd dist
-ar x trilium_${VERSION}_amd64.deb
-rm trilium_${VERSION}_amd64.deb
-# recompress
-< control.tar.zst zstd -d | xz > control.tar.xz
-< data.tar.zst zstd -d | xz > data.tar.xz
-# create deb archive (I really do not know, what argument "sdsd" is for but something is required for ar to create the archive as desired)
-ar -m -c -a sdsd trilium_${VERSION}_amd64.deb debian-binary control.tar.xz data.tar.xz
-
-rm control* data* debian-binary
-
-echo "Converted to XZ deb"
diff --git a/bin/deb-options.json b/bin/deb-options.json
index e9a02348b..86531cc48 100644
--- a/bin/deb-options.json
+++ b/bin/deb-options.json
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 {
   "src": "dist/trilium-linux-x64",
   "dest": "dist/",
+  "compression": "xz",
   "name": "trilium",
   "productName": "Trilium Notes",
   "genericName": "Note taker",
@@ -11,4 +12,4 @@
   "bin": "trilium",
   "icon": "dist/trilium-linux-x64/icon.png",
   "categories": [ "Office" ]
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}