diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index d72c396..eb046e2 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -90,44 +90,3 @@ Description: Daemon used to register global keyboard shortcuts (ui dev files)
  .
  This package contain the ui development files.
 
-# ---- to be removed in 2016 ----
-
-Package: lxqt-globalkeys-qt5
-Depends: lxqt-globalkeys, ${misc:Depends}
-Priority: extra
-Section: oldlibs
-Architecture: all
-Description: lxqt-globalkeys transitional package
- Empty package to facilitate upgrades, can be safely removed.
-
-Package: liblxqt-globalkeys-qt5-0
-Depends: liblxqt-globalkeys0, ${misc:Depends}
-Priority: extra
-Section: oldlibs
-Architecture: all
-Description: liblxqt-globalkeys0 transitional package
- Empty package to facilitate upgrades, can be safely removed.
-
-Package: liblxqt-globalkeys-qt5-0-dev
-Depends: liblxqt-globalkeys0-dev, ${misc:Depends}
-Priority: extra
-Section: oldlibs
-Architecture: all
-Description: liblxqt-globalkeys0 transitional package (dev)
- Empty package to facilitate upgrades, can be safely removed.
-
-Package: liblxqt-globalkeys-ui-qt5-0
-Depends: liblxqt-globalkeys-ui0, ${misc:Depends}
-Priority: extra
-Section: oldlibs
-Architecture: all
-Description: liblxqt-globalkeys-ui0 transitional package
- Empty package to facilitate upgrades, can be safely removed.
-
-Package: liblxqt-globalkeys-ui-qt5-0-dev
-Depends: liblxqt-globalkeys-ui0-dev, ${misc:Depends}
-Priority: extra
-Section: oldlibs
-Architecture: all
-Description: liblxqt-globalkeys-ui0 transitional package
- Empty package to facilitate upgrades, can be safely removed.