diff --git a/fhem/contrib/DEBIAN/postinst b/fhem/contrib/DEBIAN/postinst
index b9eaeb347..1360611a5 100644
--- a/fhem/contrib/DEBIAN/postinst
+++ b/fhem/contrib/DEBIAN/postinst
@@ -9,6 +9,13 @@ fi
 
 chown -R fhem:root /opt/fhem
 
+# prevent package fhem from being
+# upgraded by apt-get upgrade
+
+apt-mark hold fhem
+echo "fhem hold" | dpkg --set-selections
+
+
 # set up of autostart
 # Sysvinit; upstart no longer supported
 
diff --git a/fhem/contrib/DEBIAN/postrm b/fhem/contrib/DEBIAN/postrm
index dbc380760..6d4235c52 100755
--- a/fhem/contrib/DEBIAN/postrm
+++ b/fhem/contrib/DEBIAN/postrm
@@ -10,11 +10,7 @@ fi
 if test -f /etc/init/fhem.conf; then
     rm /etc/init/fhem.conf
 fi
+
 if test -f /etc/init.d/fhem; then
-    update-rc.d fhem remove
     rm /etc/init.d/fhem
 fi
-
-if test ! -x /sbin/initctl; then
-  update-rc.d -f fhem remove
-fi
diff --git a/fhem/contrib/DEBIAN/prerm b/fhem/contrib/DEBIAN/prerm
index b86f7bb52..b98f12a27 100755
--- a/fhem/contrib/DEBIAN/prerm
+++ b/fhem/contrib/DEBIAN/prerm
@@ -2,10 +2,8 @@
 
 set -e
 
-if pgrep fhem.pl >/dev/null; then
-  if test -x /sbin/initctl; then
-    initctl stop fhem
-  else
-    invoke-rc.d fhem stop
-  fi
-fi
+# stop fhem if running
+invoke-rc.d fhem stop
+
+# remove fhem autostart
+update-rc.d fhem remove