diff --git a/astrometry-tycho2.spec b/astrometry-tycho2.spec
index a92f08c..0635e3f 100644
--- a/astrometry-tycho2.spec
+++ b/astrometry-tycho2.spec
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+# Files are no executable binaries but data, therefore we have nothing
+# to generate debuginfo from.
+%global debug_package %{nil}
+
 Name:           astrometry-tycho2
 Version:        2.0
 Release:        2%{?dist}