diff --git a/debian/zfs-zed.postrm b/debian/zfs-zed.postrm
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+++ b/debian/zfs-zed.postrm
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+#!/bin/sh
+set -e
+
+zedd="/usr/lib/zfs-linux/zed.d"
+etcd="/etc/zfs/zed.d"
+
+if [ "$1" = "purge" ] && [ -d "$etcd" ] ; then
+    # remove the overrides created in prerm
+    find "${etcd}" -maxdepth 1 -lname '/dev/null' -delete
+    # remove any dangling symlinks to old zedlets
+    find "${etcd}" -maxdepth 1 -lname "${zedd}/*" -xtype l  -delete
+    # clean up any empty directories
+    ( rmdir "$etcd" && rmdir "/etc/zfs" ) || true
+fi
+
+#DEBHELPER#
+