diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 7616250..434a0b7 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ multistrap (2.2.2) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
   * Allow uppercase letters in paths (closes: #751896)
   * Allow shell special characters (including spaces) in paths (closes:
     #803365)
+  * Stop creating /etc/dpkg/dpkg.cfg.d/multiarch (closes: #819103)
 
  -- Johannes Schauer <josch@debian.org>  Fri, 02 Dec 2016 23:25:07 +0100
 
diff --git a/multistrap b/multistrap
index f112a01..c913b52 100755
--- a/multistrap
+++ b/multistrap
@@ -202,22 +202,12 @@ if (not -d "${dir}dev") {
 	mkdir_fatal ("${dir}dev");
 }
 if (($olddpkg == 0) and (scalar (@foreignarches) > 0)) {
-	if (not -d "${dir}etc/dpkg/dpkg.cfg.d/") {
-		system_fatal ("mkdir -p " . shellescape("${dir}etc/dpkg/dpkg.cfg.d/"));
-	}
-	if (not -f "${dir}etc/dpkg/dpkg.cfg.d/multiarch") {
-		open (MA, ">${dir}etc/dpkg/dpkg.cfg.d/multiarch");
-		foreach my $farch (@foreignarches) {
-			print MA "foreign-architecture $farch\n";
-		}
-		close (MA);
-		open (VMA, ">${dir}${dpkgdir}arch");
-		print VMA "$host\n";
-		foreach my $farch (@foreignarches) {
-			print VMA "$farch\n";
-		}
-		close (VMA);
+	open (VMA, ">${dir}${dpkgdir}arch");
+	print VMA "$host\n";
+	foreach my $farch (@foreignarches) {
+		print VMA "$farch\n";
 	}
+	close (VMA);
 }
 
 &guard_lib64($dir);