diff --git a/stx/toCOPY/pkgbuilder/debbuilder.conf b/stx/toCOPY/pkgbuilder/debbuilder.conf
index ebbc15b6f..41aacea1d 100644
--- a/stx/toCOPY/pkgbuilder/debbuilder.conf
+++ b/stx/toCOPY/pkgbuilder/debbuilder.conf
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ $build_arch_any = 1;
 $build_source = 1;
 $run_autopkgtest = 0;
 $run_lintian = 0;
+$apt_distupgrade = 0;
+$apt_upgrade = 0;
 $lintian_opts = ['--fail-on','error,warning', '--profile', 'debian', '-X',
  'debian/changelog,' .
  'documentation/manual,' .