diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 1ac3e95..bfaabed 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ nut (2.7.4-9) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
     LP: #1814314)
 
   [ Laurent Bigonville ]
+  * Switch from cdbs to debhelper sequence
   * Add libltdl-dev to the build-dependencies and fix FTBFS when it is
     installed (Closes: #831740)
   * debian/control: Bump Standards-Version to 4.4.0 (no further changes)
@@ -32,7 +33,7 @@ nut (2.7.4-9) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
     by nut-server initscript
   * debian/nut-client.lintian-overrides: Drop unused override
 
- -- Laurent Bigonville <bigon@debian.org>  Sat, 27 Jul 2019 14:31:16 +0200
+ -- Laurent Bigonville <bigon@debian.org>  Sat, 27 Jul 2019 15:16:11 +0200
 
 nut (2.7.4-8) unstable; urgency=medium
 
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 2d3669e..4ebf1ce 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ Priority: optional
 Maintainer: Arnaud Quette <aquette@debian.org>
 Uploaders: Laurent Bigonville <bigon@debian.org>
 Build-Depends: autotools-dev,
-               cdbs (>= 0.4.122~),
                debhelper (>= 9.20160709~),
                dh-autoreconf,
                dh-python,
@@ -19,6 +18,7 @@ Build-Depends: autotools-dev,
                libusb-dev (>= 0.1.8),
                libwrap0-dev (>= 7.6),
                python (>= 2.6.6-3~),
+               python3,
                systemd [linux-any]
 Build-Depends-Indep: asciidoc (>= 8.6.3),
                      asciidoc-dblatex,
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ Depends: adduser,
          nut-client (= ${binary:Version}),
          ${misc:Depends},
          ${shlibs:Depends},
-         ${udev}
+         udev [linux-any]
 Suggests: nut-cgi, nut-ipmi, nut-snmp, nut-xml
 Conflicts: nut-hal-drivers
 Replaces: nut (<< 2.6.1-2~)
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 02144ba..376931d 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -1,29 +1,16 @@
 #!/usr/bin/make -f
 
-include /usr/share/cdbs/1/rules/debhelper.mk
-include /usr/share/cdbs/1/class/autotools.mk
-include /usr/share/cdbs/1/class/python-module.mk
-
-include /usr/share/cdbs/1/rules/autoreconf.mk
-# We cannot call autoreconf -f -i as it updates INSTALL which is used for doc
-# generation
-DEB_DH_AUTORECONF_ARGS = --as-needed
-
 DEB_HOST_ARCH_OS ?= $(shell dpkg-architecture -qDEB_HOST_ARCH_OS 2>/dev/null)
 
-# List any files which are not installed
-include /usr/share/cdbs/1/rules/utils.mk
-common-binary-post-install-arch:: list-missing
-
 DEB_BUILD_MAINT_OPTIONS=hardening=+all
 DEB_LDFLAGS_MAINT_APPEND=-Wl,-z,defs -Wl,-O1 -Wl,--as-needed
 include /usr/share/dpkg/buildflags.mk
 
-DEB_CONFIGURE_PREFIX      :=
-DEB_CONFIGURE_SYSCONFDIR  := /etc/nut
-DEB_CONFIGURE_INCLUDEDIR  := /usr/include
-DEB_CONFIGURE_MANDIR      := /usr/share/man
-DEB_CONFIGURE_EXTRA_FLAGS := --libdir=\$${prefix}/lib/$(DEB_HOST_MULTIARCH) \
+DEB_CONFIGURE_EXTRA_FLAGS := --prefix= \
+	                     --sysconfdir=/etc/nut \
+	                     --includedir=/usr/include \
+			     --mandir=/usr/share/man \
+	                     --libdir=\$${prefix}/lib/$(DEB_HOST_MULTIARCH) \
 	                     --with-ssl --with-nss \
 	                     --with-cgi \
 	                     --with-dev \
@@ -47,7 +34,21 @@ ifneq ($(shell which asciidoc),)
   DEB_CONFIGURE_EXTRA_FLAGS+=--with-doc=html-chunked,pdf
 endif
 
-common-install-arch::
+%:
+	dh $@ --with python2 --with python3 --with autoreconf --with systemd
+
+override_dh_auto_configure:
+	dh_auto_configure -- $(DEB_CONFIGURE_EXTRA_FLAGS)
+
+override_dh_autoreconf:
+	dh_autoreconf --as-needed
+
+override_dh_install:
+	dh_install --list-missing
+
+override_dh_auto_install-arch:
+	dh_auto_install -a
+
 	# install the bash completion script
 	mkdir -p $(CURDIR)/debian/tmp/usr/share/bash-completion/completions/
 	cp $(CURDIR)/scripts/misc/nut.bash_completion \
@@ -115,7 +116,9 @@ ifeq (linux,$(DEB_HOST_ARCH_OS))
 		$(CURDIR)/debian/nut-server/usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/nut-server.conf
 endif
 
-common-install-indep::
+override_dh_auto_install-indep:
+	dh_auto_install -i
+
 	#install documentation
 	mkdir -p $(CURDIR)/debian/tmp/usr/share/doc/nut-doc/pdf
 	mkdir -p $(CURDIR)/debian/tmp/usr/share/doc/nut-doc/html
@@ -127,18 +130,20 @@ common-install-indep::
 		cp -a $${f} $(CURDIR)/debian/tmp/usr/share/doc/nut-doc/html/$${nf}/; \
 	done
 
-binary-install/nut-monitor::
-	dh_python2 -pnut-monitor
+override_dh_installinit:
+	dh_installinit --restart-after-upgrade --error-handler=handle_start_failure
 
-DEB_DH_INSTALLINIT_ARGS_nut-server := --init-script=nut-server --restart-after-upgrade --error-handler=handle_start_failure
-DEB_DH_INSTALLINIT_ARGS_nut-client := --init-script=nut-client --restart-after-upgrade --error-handler=handle_start_failure
-DEB_DH_SYSTEMD_START_ARGS_nut-server := --restart-after-upgrade
-DEB_DH_SYSTEMD_START_ARGS_nut-client := --restart-after-upgrade
-DEB_DH_COMPRESS_ARGS_nut-doc := -X.pdf
+override_dh_systemd_start:
+	dh_systemd_start --restart-after-upgrade
 
-ifeq (linux,$(DEB_HOST_ARCH_OS))
-# for Debian
-  DEB_DH_GENCONTROL_ARGS := -- -Vudev="udev (>= 0.124-1)"
-# for Ubuntu
-# DEB_DH_GENCONTROL_ARGS := -- -Vudev="udev (>= 136-1)"
-endif
+override_dh_compress:
+	dh_compress -X.pdf
+
+override_dh_installdocs:
+	dh_installdocs -A ./README ./NEWS ./TODO ./AUTHORS
+
+override_dh_installchangelogs:
+# dh_installchangelogs automagically rename history.txt to changelog, let's try
+# to avoid that
+	dh_installchangelogs -pnut -Xhistory.txt
+	dh_installchangelogs --remaining-packages