diff --git a/helpers/make-zeroc-ice b/helpers/make-zeroc-ice
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+#!/bin/sh
+#
+#    Copyright (C) 2015  Legimet <legimet.calc@gmail.com>
+#
+#    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+#    the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+#    (at your option) any later version.
+#
+#    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+#    GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+#    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#    along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+#    Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301 USA
+#
+
+VERSION=1
+
+. ./config
+
+perl -0777 -i -pe 's/\n and in the non-free package zeroc-ice-manual//igs' debian/control
+perl -0777 -i -pe 's/ and in the\n non-free package zeroc-ice-manual//igs' debian/control
+perl -0777 -i -pe 's/ and in the non-free\n package zeroc-ice-manual//igs' debian/control
+perl -0777 -i -pe 's/ and in the non-free package\n zeroc-ice-manual//igs' debian/control
+perl -0777 -i -pe 's/ You\n will find more information in the non-free package zeroc-ice-manual.//igs' debian/control
+
+changelog "Remove references to nonfree manual, #7963"
+
+compile
+