diff --git a/coverage.sh b/coverage.sh
index 713b8a8..44c7b41 100755
--- a/coverage.sh
+++ b/coverage.sh
@@ -609,13 +609,13 @@ rm /tmp/debian-unstable/etc/fstab
 rm /tmp/debian-unstable/etc/hostname
 rm /tmp/debian-unstable/etc/resolv.conf
 rm /tmp/debian-unstable/var/lib/dpkg/status
-# delete symlinks
-rm /tmp/debian-unstable/libx32
-rm /tmp/debian-unstable/lib64
-rm /tmp/debian-unstable/lib32
-rm /tmp/debian-unstable/sbin
-rm /tmp/debian-unstable/bin
-rm /tmp/debian-unstable/lib
+## delete merged usr symlinks
+#rm /tmp/debian-unstable/libx32
+#rm /tmp/debian-unstable/lib64
+#rm /tmp/debian-unstable/lib32
+#rm /tmp/debian-unstable/sbin
+#rm /tmp/debian-unstable/bin
+#rm /tmp/debian-unstable/lib
 # delete ./dev (files might exist or not depending on the mode)
 rm -f /tmp/debian-unstable/dev/console
 rm -f /tmp/debian-unstable/dev/fd
@@ -660,13 +660,13 @@ rm /tmp/debian-unstable/etc/fstab
 rm /tmp/debian-unstable/etc/hostname
 rm /tmp/debian-unstable/etc/resolv.conf
 rm /tmp/debian-unstable/var/lib/dpkg/status
-# delete symlinks
-rm /tmp/debian-unstable/libx32
-rm /tmp/debian-unstable/lib64
-rm /tmp/debian-unstable/lib32
-rm /tmp/debian-unstable/sbin
-rm /tmp/debian-unstable/bin
-rm /tmp/debian-unstable/lib
+## delete merged usr symlinks
+#rm /tmp/debian-unstable/libx32
+#rm /tmp/debian-unstable/lib64
+#rm /tmp/debian-unstable/lib32
+#rm /tmp/debian-unstable/sbin
+#rm /tmp/debian-unstable/bin
+#rm /tmp/debian-unstable/lib
 # in chrootless mode, there is more to remove
 rm /tmp/debian-unstable/var/log/apt/eipp.log.xz
 rm /tmp/debian-unstable/var/lib/dpkg/triggers/Lock
@@ -736,9 +736,9 @@ prefix=
 # artificially add some files
 # in proot mode, some extra files are put there by proot
 { tar -tf /tmp/unstable-chroot.tar \
-	| grep -v '^\./usr/lib/ld-linux-armhf\.so\.3$' \
-	| grep -v '^\./usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/ld-linux\.so\.3$' \
-	| grep -v '^\./usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/ld-linux-armhf\.so\.3$' \
+	| grep -v '^\./lib/ld-linux-armhf\.so\.3$' \
+	| grep -v '^\./lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/ld-linux\.so\.3$' \
+	| grep -v '^\./lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/ld-linux-armhf\.so\.3$' \
 	| sed 's/arm-linux-gnueabihf/x86_64-linux-gnu/' \
 	| sed 's/armhf/amd64/';
 	[ "$mode" = "fakechroot" ] && printf "./etc/ld.so.cache\n./var/cache/ldconfig/\n";
@@ -746,10 +746,11 @@ prefix=
 { cat tar1.txt \
 	| grep -v '^\./usr/bin/i386$' \
 	| grep -v '^\./usr/bin/x86_64$' \
-	| grep -v '^\./usr/lib64/ld-linux-x86-64\.so\.2$' \
-	| grep -v '^\./usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/ld-linux-x86-64\.so\.2$' \
-	| grep -v '^\./usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libmvec-2\.[0-9]\+\.so$' \
-	| grep -v '^\./usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libmvec\.so\.1$' \
+	| grep -v '^\./lib64/$' \
+	| grep -v '^\./lib64/ld-linux-x86-64\.so\.2$' \
+	| grep -v '^\./lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/ld-linux-x86-64\.so\.2$' \
+	| grep -v '^\./lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libmvec-2\.[0-9]\+\.so$' \
+	| grep -v '^\./lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libmvec\.so\.1$' \
 	| grep -v '^\./usr/share/man/man8/i386\.8\.gz$' \
 	| grep -v '^\./usr/share/man/man8/x86_64\.8\.gz$';
 	[ "$mode" = "proot" ] && printf "./etc/ld.so.preload\n";
diff --git a/make_mirror.sh b/make_mirror.sh
index 0c71317..5f80046 100755
--- a/make_mirror.sh
+++ b/make_mirror.sh
@@ -251,12 +251,12 @@ mirror="http://127.0.0.1/debian"
 SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH=$(date --date="$(grep-dctrl -s Date -n '' "$mirrordir/dists/unstable/Release")" +%s)
 for dist in stable testing unstable; do
 	for variant in minbase buildd -; do
-		echo running debootstrap --merged-usr --variant=$variant $dist /tmp/debian-$dist-debootstrap $mirror
+		echo running debootstrap --no-merged-usr --variant=$variant $dist /tmp/debian-$dist-debootstrap $mirror
 		cat << END > shared/test.sh
 #!/bin/sh
 set -eu
 export LC_ALL=C
-debootstrap --merged-usr --variant=$variant $dist /tmp/debian-$dist-debootstrap $mirror
+debootstrap --no-merged-usr --variant=$variant $dist /tmp/debian-$dist-debootstrap $mirror
 tar --sort=name --mtime=@$SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH --clamp-mtime --numeric-owner --one-file-system -C /tmp/debian-$dist-debootstrap -c . > "cache/debian-$dist-$variant.tar"
 rm -r /tmp/debian-$dist-debootstrap
 END
diff --git a/mmdebstrap b/mmdebstrap
index 1c91eb2..b45ea2c 100755
--- a/mmdebstrap
+++ b/mmdebstrap
@@ -690,12 +690,12 @@ sub setup {
 	close $fh;
     }
 
-    # setup merged usr
-    my @amd64_dirs = ('lib32', 'lib64', 'libx32'); # only amd64 for now
-    foreach my $dir ("bin", "sbin", "lib", @amd64_dirs) {
-	symlink "usr/$dir", "$options->{root}/$dir" or die "cannot create symlink: $!";
-	make_path("$options->{root}/usr/$dir") or die "cannot create /usr/$dir: $!";
-    }
+    ## setup merged usr
+    #my @amd64_dirs = ('lib32', 'lib64', 'libx32'); # only amd64 for now
+    #foreach my $dir ("bin", "sbin", "lib", @amd64_dirs) {
+    #    symlink "usr/$dir", "$options->{root}/$dir" or die "cannot create symlink: $!";
+    #    make_path("$options->{root}/usr/$dir") or die "cannot create /usr/$dir: $!";
+    #}
 
     {
 	open my $fh, '>', "$options->{root}/etc/fstab" or die "cannot open fstab: $!";
@@ -996,7 +996,7 @@ sub setup {
 		    '/bin/mount=/bin/true',
 		    '/usr/bin/ldd=/usr/bin/ldd.fakechroot',
 		    '/usr/bin/mkfifo=/bin/true',
-		    '/usr/sbin/ldconfig=/bin/true',
+		    '/sbin/ldconfig=/bin/true',
 		);
 	    }