diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 1c83caabe5a58e0b3ce6d63619e7adeee4cefe3c..cef17ae6d94b017707b4340ae7ff5baebdaf5133 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ python-defaults (2.7.3-11) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
 
   * Add Multi-Arch: same packages libpython-all-{dev,dbg} (not yet built,
     python2.6 doesn't have support for multiarch).
+  * python-dbg: Stop providing python-gdbm-dbg, python-tk-dbg. Closes: #700716.
 
  -- Matthias Klose <doko@debian.org>  Wed, 12 Dec 2012 00:25:00 +0100
 
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 6732fd9b8c351758b8cb2e7acb0bfa9f17cbf977..08fd78f804d046c69f9f8d6146c1aa9c95511295 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -121,7 +121,6 @@ Multi-Arch: allowed
 Section: debug
 Priority: extra
 Depends: ${misc:Depends}, python (= ${binary:Version}), libpython-dbg (= ${binary:Version}), python2.7-dbg (>= 2.7.3-10~)
-Provides: python-gdbm-dbg, python-tk-dbg
 Description: debug build of the Python Interpreter (version 2.7)
  Python interpreter configured with --pydebug. Dynamically loaded modules are
  searched in /usr/lib/python2.7/lib-dynload/debug first.
diff --git a/debian/control.in b/debian/control.in
index 40514e3fbe67d1d27911b73f5717a452a032f3d4..8cd40c0fd735796ff7bc48474d7a9af521ea262c 100644
--- a/debian/control.in
+++ b/debian/control.in
@@ -121,7 +121,6 @@ Multi-Arch: allowed
 Section: debug
 Priority: extra
 Depends: ${misc:Depends}, python (= ${binary:Version}), libpython-dbg (= ${binary:Version}), python@VER@-dbg (>= @PREVVER@)
-Provides: python-gdbm-dbg, python-tk-dbg
 Description: debug build of the Python Interpreter (version @VER@)
  Python interpreter configured with --pydebug. Dynamically loaded modules are
  searched in /usr/lib/python@VER@/lib-dynload/debug first.