--- a/PsychSourceGL/Source/striplibsfrommexfile.m
+++ b/PsychSourceGL/Source/striplibsfrommexfile.m
@@ -46,6 +46,9 @@ if exist(filename, 'file')
     image = stripLibrary(image, 'libcruft');
     image = stripLibrary(image, 'liboctave');
 
+    % No renamings for Debian package version
+    alsorenameit = 0;
+
     if alsorenameit
         % Rename the following libraries in image: We rename from .so.2 to .so,
         % etc. to make these mex files built on/against Octave-3/4 compatible with
