diff --git a/stdeb/util.py b/stdeb/util.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/stdeb/util.py
+++ b/stdeb/util.py
@@ -165,7 +165,6 @@ def recursive_hardlink(src,dst):
 def debianize_name(name):
     "make name acceptable as a Debian (binary) package name"
     name = name.replace('_','')
-    name = name.replace('.','-')
     name = name.lower()
     return name
don't change dots to dashes in debian package names

This was suggested by Barry Warsaw in Python issue <I>.