diff --git a/mmdebstrap b/mmdebstrap
index d9bea18..d357112 100755
--- a/mmdebstrap
+++ b/mmdebstrap
@@ -1179,6 +1179,7 @@ sub setup {
     unlink "$options->{root}/var/lib/apt/extended_states";
     unlink "$options->{root}/var/lib/apt/lists/lock";
     unlink "$options->{root}/var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend";
+    unlink "$options->{root}/var/lib/dpkg/lock";
 }
 
 sub main() {
diff --git a/test.sh b/test.sh
index b7f98e2..5c61dde 100755
--- a/test.sh
+++ b/test.sh
@@ -139,6 +139,11 @@ for dist in stable testing unstable; do
 			sudo rm debian-$dist-debootstrap/var/lib/systemd/catalog/database
 			sudo rm debian-$dist-mm/var/lib/systemd/catalog/database
 		fi
+		sudo rm debian-$dist-debootstrap/var/lib/dpkg/lock
+		# introduced in dpkg 1.19.1
+		if [ "$dist" = "unstable" ]; then
+			sudo rm debian-$dist-debootstrap/var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend
+		fi
 
 		# check if the file content differs
 		sudo diff --no-dereference --brief --recursive debian-$dist-debootstrap debian-$dist-mm