diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index f93fa7b..5de4dad 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 nut (2.6.0-3) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
 
+  * Drop HAL package and build-dependencies (Closes: #613197)
   * debian/control:
     - Bump Standards-Version to 3.9.2 (no further changes)
 
- -- Laurent Bigonville <bigon@debian.org>  Sun, 08 May 2011 21:44:42 +0200
+ -- Laurent Bigonville <bigon@debian.org>  Mon, 09 May 2011 15:02:47 +0200
 
 nut (2.6.0-2) unstable; urgency=low
 
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 24479cd..8bc1ab0 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -11,8 +11,6 @@ Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 8),
                libgd2-xpm-dev | libgd2-noxpm-dev,
                libsnmp-dev | libsnmp9-dev,
                libusb-dev (>= 0.1.8),
-               libhal-dev (>= 0.5.8),
-               hal,
                libdbus-1-dev,
                libdbus-glib-1-dev,
                libglib2.0-dev,
@@ -74,23 +72,6 @@ Description: network UPS tools - SNMP driver
  supports various MIBs including IETF, MGE, and APC. It adds an SNMP
  Manager interface to the core NUT system.
 
-Package: nut-hal-drivers
-Architecture: any
-Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}, ${udev}
-Conflicts: nut
-Provides: hal-ups-support
-Breaks: udev (<< 124-1)
-Description: network UPS tools - HAL interface
- Network UPS Tools (NUT) is a client/server monitoring system that
- allows computers to share uninterruptible power supply (UPS) and
- power distribution unit (PDU) hardware. Clients access the hardware
- through the server, and are notified whenever the power status
- changes.
- .
- This package provides add-ons for the hardware abstraction layer (HAL) that
- allow desktop environments to monitor locally-connected UPS equipment. The
- HAL drivers cannot be used at the same time as the normal NUT upsd.
-
 Package: nut-xml
 Architecture: any
 Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}, nut (>= 2.2.2)
diff --git a/debian/nut-hal-drivers.docs b/debian/nut-hal-drivers.docs
deleted file mode 100644
index 78279fb..0000000
--- a/debian/nut-hal-drivers.docs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-docs/nut-hal.txt
diff --git a/debian/nut-hal-drivers.install b/debian/nut-hal-drivers.install
deleted file mode 100644
index 1ef47a2..0000000
--- a/debian/nut-hal-drivers.install
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-debian/tmp/lib/hal/  /usr/lib/
-debian/tmp/usr/share/hal
-debian/tmp/*/udev/
diff --git a/debian/nut-hal-drivers.postinst b/debian/nut-hal-drivers.postinst
deleted file mode 100644
index 414d5f3..0000000
--- a/debian/nut-hal-drivers.postinst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-set -e
-
-case "$1" in
-
-  configure)
-    # ask udev to check for new udev rules
-    [ -x /etc/init.d/udev ] && pidof udevd > /dev/null \
-		&& udevadm trigger --action=change
-    ;;
-
-  abort-upgrade|abort-remove|abort-deconfigure)
-    # do nothing
-    ;;
-
-  *)
-    echo "$0: incorrect arguments: $*" >&2
-    exit 1
-    ;;
-
-esac
-
-#DEBHELPER#
diff --git a/debian/nut-hal-drivers.preinst b/debian/nut-hal-drivers.preinst
deleted file mode 100644
index 2de4425..0000000
--- a/debian/nut-hal-drivers.preinst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-set -e
-
-if [ "$1" = install ] || [ "$1" = upgrade ]; then
-    # Remove previous rules if unchanged, otherwise move to new filename.
-	if [ -e "/etc/udev/rules.d/52_nut-usbups.rules" ]; then
-		if [ "`md5sum \"/etc/udev/rules.d/52_nut-usbups.rules\" | sed -e \"s/ .*//\"`" = \
-		     "`dpkg-query -W -f='${Conffiles}' nut-hal-drivers | sed -n -e \"\\\\' /etc/udev/rules.d/52_nut-usbups.rules's/.* //p\"`" ]
-		then
-			rm -f "/etc/udev/rules.d/52_nut-usbups.rules"
-		else
-			mv "/etc/udev/rules.d/52_nut-usbups.rules" "/etc/udev/rules.d/52-nut-usbups.rules"
-		fi
-	fi
-fi
-
-#DEBHELPER#
diff --git a/debian/nut.docs b/debian/nut.docs
index 8f9c4d4..d0026f7 100644
--- a/debian/nut.docs
+++ b/debian/nut.docs
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ docs/download.txt
 docs/FAQ.txt
 docs/features.txt
 docs/history.txt
-docs/nut-hal.txt
 docs/nut-names.txt
 docs/outlets.txt
 docs/packager-guide.txt
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 39bf66f..e1f2863 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ DEB_CONFIGURE_EXTRA_FLAGS := --prefix=/usr \
 	                     --libdir=/lib \
 	                     --includedir=/usr/include \
 	                     --without-ssl \
-	                     --with-hal \
 	                     --with-cgi \
 	                     --with-dev \
 	                     --enable-static \