diff --git a/debian-wheezy/debian_config.py b/debian-wheezy/debian_config.py
index 88ce2769f..be1f5dd60 100644
--- a/debian-wheezy/debian_config.py
+++ b/debian-wheezy/debian_config.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES = ('authentic2.middleware.XForwardedForMiddleware',) + MIDDLE
 DEBUG = False
 
 STATIC_ROOT = '/var/lib/authentic2/collectstatic/'
-STATICFILES_DIRS = ('/var/lib/authentic2/static',) + STATICFILES_DIRS
+STATICFILES_DIRS = ('/var/lib/authentic2/static',)
 TEMPLATE_DIRS = ('/var/lib/authentic2/templates',) + TEMPLATE_DIRS
 LOCALE_PATHS = ('/var/lib/authentic2/locale',) + LOCALE_PATHS
 
diff --git a/debian/debian_config.py b/debian/debian_config.py
index ae98c29c8..7f9ab4caf 100644
--- a/debian/debian_config.py
+++ b/debian/debian_config.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES = ('authentic2.middleware.XForwardedForMiddleware',) + MIDDLE
 DEBUG = False
 
 STATIC_ROOT = '/var/lib/authentic2/collectstatic/'
-STATICFILES_DIRS = ('/var/lib/authentic2/static',) + STATICFILES_DIRS
+STATICFILES_DIRS = ('/var/lib/authentic2/static',)
 TEMPLATES[0]['DIRS'] = ['/var/lib/authentic2/templates'] + TEMPLATES[0]['DIRS']
 LOCALE_PATHS = ('/var/lib/authentic2/locale',) + LOCALE_PATHS