diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b17e7f042..b3c49ab8d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 syncthing
-!etc/firewall-ufw/syncthing
 !gui/syncthing
 !Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/syncthing
 syncthing.exe
diff --git a/build.go b/build.go
index adfce1805..54d22b6fb 100644
--- a/build.go
+++ b/build.go
@@ -315,7 +315,6 @@ func buildDeb() {
 		{src: "man/syncthing-versioning.7", dst: "deb/usr/share/man/man7/syncthing-versioning.7", perm: 0644},
 		{src: "etc/linux-systemd/system/syncthing@.service", dst: "deb/lib/systemd/system/syncthing@.service", perm: 0644},
 		{src: "etc/linux-systemd/user/syncthing.service", dst: "deb/usr/lib/systemd/user/syncthing.service", perm: 0644},
-		{src: "etc/firewall-ufw/syncthing", dst: "deb/etc/ufw/applications.d/syncthing", perm: 0644},
 	}
 
 	for _, file := range listFiles("extra") {
@@ -344,8 +343,6 @@ Description: Open Source Continuous File Synchronization
  -- Jakob Borg <jakob@nym.se>  {{date}}
 `
 
-	conffiles := "/etc/ufw/applications.d/syncthing\n"
-
 	control = strings.Replace(control, "{{arch}}", debarch, -1)
 	control = strings.Replace(control, "{{version}}", version[1:], -1)
 	changelog = strings.Replace(changelog, "{{arch}}", debarch, -1)
@@ -356,7 +353,6 @@ Description: Open Source Continuous File Synchronization
 	ioutil.WriteFile("deb/DEBIAN/control", []byte(control), 0644)
 	ioutil.WriteFile("deb/DEBIAN/compat", []byte("9\n"), 0644)
 	ioutil.WriteFile("deb/DEBIAN/changelog", []byte(changelog), 0644)
-	ioutil.WriteFile("deb/DEBIAN/conffiles", []byte(conffiles), 0644)
 
 }
 
diff --git a/etc/firewall-ufw/README.md b/etc/firewall-ufw/README.md
deleted file mode 100644
index 1a00236ac..000000000
--- a/etc/firewall-ufw/README.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-Uncomplicated FireWall application preset
-===================
-Installation
------------
-**Please note:** When you installed syncthing using the official deb package, you can skip the copying.
-
-Copy the file `syncthing` to your ufw applications directory usually located at `/etc/ufw/applications.d/`. (root permissions required).
-
-Then run
-```
-sudo ufw app update syncthing
-```
-to load the preset.
-To allow the syncthing ports, run:
-```
-sudo ufw allow syncthing
-```
-You can also verify the opened ports:
-```
-sudo ufw status verbose
-```
diff --git a/etc/firewall-ufw/syncthing b/etc/firewall-ufw/syncthing
deleted file mode 100644
index 1aeada11f..000000000
--- a/etc/firewall-ufw/syncthing
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-[syncthing]
-title=Syncthing
-description=Syncthing file synchronisation
-ports=22000/tcp|21027/udp