diff --git a/debian/ngcp-sems.postinst b/debian/ngcp-sems.postinst
index 443ad147..73acc76d 100644
--- a/debian/ngcp-sems.postinst
+++ b/debian/ngcp-sems.postinst
@@ -5,9 +5,11 @@ set -e
 dpkg-maintscript-helper rm_conffile /etc/default/sems -- "$@"
 dpkg-maintscript-helper rm_conffile /etc/init.d/sems -- "$@"
 
-# don't do anything when called with other argument than configure
 case "$1" in
   configure)
+    # add sems user
+    adduser --quiet --system --group --disabled-password --shell /bin/false \
+      --gecos "SIP Express Media Server" --home /var/run/ngcp-sems sems || true
   ;;
   abort-upgrade|abort-remove|abort-deconfigure)
     exit 0
@@ -18,54 +20,6 @@ case "$1" in
   ;;
 esac
 
-restart_handler() {
-  if [ -x "/etc/init.d/ngcp-sems" ]; then
-    if [ -x "$(which invoke-rc.d 2>/dev/null)" ]; then
-      invoke-rc.d ngcp-sems restart || exit $?
-    else
-      /etc/init.d/ngcp-sems restart || exit $?
-    fi
-  fi
-}
-
-initscript_handler() {
-  if [ -x "/etc/init.d/ngcp-sems" ]; then
-    update-rc.d ngcp-sems defaults >/dev/null
-    invoke-rc.d ngcp-sems start || exit $?
-  fi
-}
-
-init_handler() {
-  # just invoke init script wrappers on ce systems since
-  # they do not provide ngcp-check_active and we don't
-  # have to handle inactive nodes
-  if ! [ -x "$(which ngcp-check_active 2>/dev/null)" ]; then
-    restart_handler
-    initscript_handler
-  else # do not restart daemon on inactive node in pro systems
-    if ngcp-check_active ; then
-      echo "Active node detected, restarting ngcp-sems"
-      restart_handler
-    else
-      echo "Inactive node detected, ignoring request to restart ngcp-sems"
-    fi
-  fi
-}
-
-# add sems user
-adduser --quiet --system --group --disabled-password --shell /bin/false \
---gecos "SIP Express Media Server" --home /var/run/ngcp-sems sems || true
-
-init_handler
-
-echo ""
-echo "***"
-echo "Configuration of ngcp-sems has finished."
-echo ""
-echo "To restart it when configuration has changed use '/etc/init.d/ngcp-sems restart'"
-echo ""
-echo "To change it's configuration use 'dpkg-reconfigure ngcp-sems'"
-echo "***"
-echo ""
+#DEBHELPER#
 
 exit 0
diff --git a/debian/ngcp-sems.postrm b/debian/ngcp-sems.postrm
deleted file mode 100644
index 29fbd00b..00000000
--- a/debian/ngcp-sems.postrm
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-# postrm script for ngcp-sems
-
-set -e
-
-removal_wrapper() {
-  # remove the init script only on ce systems, as the
-  # the pro system handle it inside the monitoring/HA setup
-  if ! [ -x "$(which ngcp-check_active 2>/dev/null)" ]; then
-    update-rc.d ngcp-sems remove >/dev/null
-  fi
-}
-
-if [ "$1" = "purge" ] ; then
-  removal_wrapper
-fi
-
-exit 0