diff --git a/pkg/rebuild/debian/strategy.go b/pkg/rebuild/debian/strategy.go
index 8abf554b..b211e1ca 100644
--- a/pkg/rebuild/debian/strategy.go
+++ b/pkg/rebuild/debian/strategy.go
@@ -77,7 +77,6 @@ var toolkit = []*flow.Tool{
 		Name: "debian/fetch/sources",
 		Steps: []flow.Step{{
 			Runs: textwrap.Dedent(`
-				set -eux
 				wget {{.With.dscUrl}}
 				{{- if ne .With.nativeUrl "" }}
 				wget {{.With.nativeUrl}}
@@ -93,7 +92,6 @@ var toolkit = []*flow.Tool{
 		Name: "debian/deps/install",
 		Steps: []flow.Step{{
 			Runs: textwrap.Dedent(`
-				set -eux
 				apt update
 				apt install -y{{range $req := .With.requirements | fromJSON}} {{$req}}{{end}}`)[1:],
 			Needs: []string{},
@@ -103,7 +101,6 @@ var toolkit = []*flow.Tool{
 		Name: "debian/build/package",
 		Steps: []flow.Step{{
 			Runs: textwrap.Dedent(`
-				set -eux
 				cd */
 				debuild -b -uc -us
 				{{- $expected := regexReplace .With.targetPath "\\+b[0-9]+(_[^_]+\\.deb)$" "$1"}}
diff --git a/pkg/rebuild/debian/strategy_test.go b/pkg/rebuild/debian/strategy_test.go
index 6429509c..a4fa2b2b 100644
--- a/pkg/rebuild/debian/strategy_test.go
+++ b/pkg/rebuild/debian/strategy_test.go
@@ -43,17 +43,14 @@ func TestDebianPackage(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			env: rebuild.BuildEnv{},
 			want: rebuild.Instructions{
-				Source: `set -eux
-wget https://example.com/pkg_1.0-1.dsc
+				Source: `wget https://example.com/pkg_1.0-1.dsc
 wget https://example.com/pkg_1.0.orig.tar.gz
 wget https://example.com/pkg_1.0-1.debian.tar.xz
 
 dpkg-source -x --no-check $(basename "https://example.com/pkg_1.0-1.dsc")`,
-				Deps: `set -eux
-apt update
+				Deps: `apt update
 apt install -y build-dep1 build-dep2`,
-				Build: `set -eux
-cd */
+				Build: `cd */
 debuild -b -uc -us`,
 				SystemDeps: []string{"wget", "git", "build-essential", "fakeroot", "devscripts"},
 				OutputPath: "pkg_1.0-1_amd64.deb",
@@ -80,16 +77,13 @@ debuild -b -uc -us`,
 			},
 			env: rebuild.BuildEnv{},
 			want: rebuild.Instructions{
-				Source: `set -eux
-wget https://example.com/pkg_1.0.dsc
+				Source: `wget https://example.com/pkg_1.0.dsc
 wget https://example.com/pkg_1.0.tar.gz
 
 dpkg-source -x --no-check $(basename "https://example.com/pkg_1.0.dsc")`,
-				Deps: `set -eux
-apt update
+				Deps: `apt update
 apt install -y build-dep1`,
-				Build: `set -eux
-cd */
+				Build: `cd */
 debuild -b -uc -us`,
 				SystemDeps: []string{"wget", "git", "build-essential", "fakeroot", "devscripts"},
 				OutputPath: "pkg_1.0_amd64.deb",
@@ -119,17 +113,14 @@ debuild -b -uc -us`,
 			},
 			env: rebuild.BuildEnv{},
 			want: rebuild.Instructions{
-				Source: `set -eux
-wget https://example.com/pkg_1.0-1.dsc
+				Source: `wget https://example.com/pkg_1.0-1.dsc
 wget https://example.com/pkg_1.0.orig.tar.gz
 wget https://example.com/pkg_1.0-1.debian.tar.xz
 
 dpkg-source -x --no-check $(basename "https://example.com/pkg_1.0-1.dsc")`,
-				Deps: `set -eux
-apt update
+				Deps: `apt update
 apt install -y`,
-				Build: `set -eux
-cd */
+				Build: `cd */
 debuild -b -uc -us
 mv /src/pkg_1.0-1_amd64.deb /src/pkg_1.0-1+b1_amd64.deb`,
 				SystemDeps: []string{"wget", "git", "build-essential", "fakeroot", "devscripts"},