diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 38778df..9288b20 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ patroni (2.0.1-3) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
   [ Michael Banck ]
   * debian/pg_clonecluster_patroni: Supress pg_createcluster output as it can
     be misleading.
+  * debian/pg_clonecluster_patroni: After pg_dropcluster, remove
+    postgresql.base.conf as well.
 
  -- Debian PostgreSQL Maintainers <team+postgresql@tracker.debian.org>  Thu, 10 Dec 2020 13:33:54 +0100
 
diff --git a/debian/pg_clonecluster_patroni b/debian/pg_clonecluster_patroni
index b599ff1..6dfcc41 100755
--- a/debian/pg_clonecluster_patroni
+++ b/debian/pg_clonecluster_patroni
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ fi
 if [ -f /etc/postgresql/$VERSION/$CLUSTER/postgresql.conf ]
 then
     pg_dropcluster $VERSION $CLUSTER
+    rm -f etc/postgresql/$VERSION/$CLUSTER/postgresql.base.conf
 fi
 
 pg_createcluster --start-conf=manual --datadir=$DATADIR $VERSION $CLUSTER > /dev/null && rm -rf $DATADIR && /usr/lib/postgresql/$VERSION/bin/pg_basebackup --pgdata $DATADIR -X stream --dbname="$CONNSTR"