diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 5bd88c622..7ddb9d8e2 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ lintci-deps:
 	curl -sfL https://install.goreleaser.com/github.com/golangci/golangci-lint.sh | sh -s -- -b ./build/bin v1.21.0
 
 clean:
-	./build/clean_go_build_cache.sh
+	go clean -cache
 	rm -fr build/_workspace/pkg/ $(GOBIN)/*
 
 # The devtools target installs tools required for 'go generate'.
diff --git a/build/ci.go b/build/ci.go
index 3ec237fda..cd7da2f93 100644
--- a/build/ci.go
+++ b/build/ci.go
@@ -563,7 +563,7 @@ func doDebianSource(cmdline []string) {
 				log.Fatalf("Failed to copy Go module dependencies: %v", err)
 			}
 			// Run the packaging and upload to the PPA
-			debuild := exec.Command("debuild", "-S", "-sa", "-us", "-uc", "-d", "-Zxz")
+			debuild := exec.Command("debuild", "-S", "-sa", "-us", "-uc", "-d", "-Zxz", "-nc")
 			debuild.Dir = pkgdir
 			build.MustRun(debuild)
 
diff --git a/build/clean_go_build_cache.sh b/build/clean_go_build_cache.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 1666381d9..000000000
--- a/build/clean_go_build_cache.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-# Cleaning the Go cache only makes sense if we actually have Go installed... or
-# if Go is actually callable. This does not hold true during deb packaging, so
-# we need an explicit check to avoid build failures.
-if ! command -v go > /dev/null; then
-  exit
-fi
-
-version_gt() {
-  test "$(printf '%s\n' "$@" | sort -V | head -n 1)" != "$1"
-}
-
-golang_version=$(go version |cut -d' ' -f3 |sed 's/go//')
-
-# Clean go build cache when go version is greater than or equal to 1.10
-if !(version_gt 1.10 $golang_version); then
-    go clean -cache
-fi
diff --git a/build/deb/ethereum/deb.rules b/build/deb/ethereum/deb.rules
index 8f72437b8..983b87af1 100644
--- a/build/deb/ethereum/deb.rules
+++ b/build/deb/ethereum/deb.rules
@@ -4,10 +4,13 @@
 # Uncomment this to turn on verbose mode.
 #export DH_VERBOSE=1
 
-# Launchpad rejects Go's access to $HOME/.cache, use custom folder
+# Launchpad rejects Go's access to $HOME, use custom folders
 export GOCACHE=/tmp/go-build
 export GOROOT_BOOTSTRAP={{.GoBootPath}}
 
+override_dh_auto_clean:
+	# Don't try to be smart Launchpad, we know our build rules better than you
+
 override_dh_auto_build:
 	# We can't download a fresh Go within Launchpad, so we're shipping and building
 	# one on the fly. However, we can't build it inside the go-ethereum folder as