diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-and-publish-debian.yml b/.github/workflows/build-and-publish-debian.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..babf77ddbb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-and-publish-debian.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+name: Build & publish Debian packages
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      branch:
+        type: string
+        required: true
+      version:
+        type: string
+        required: true
+
+jobs:
+  main:
+    uses: ZettaScaleLabs/ci/.github/workflows/build-and-publish-perif-debian.yml@staging
+    with:
+      repo: ${{ github.repository }}
+      branch: ${{ inputs.branch }}
+      version: ${{ inputs.version }}
+    secrets: inherit
diff --git a/examples/Cargo.toml b/examples/Cargo.toml
index 0330972caa..190894fb18 100644
--- a/examples/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/Cargo.toml
@@ -58,21 +58,6 @@ rand = { workspace = true, features = ["default"] }
 [build-dependencies]
 rustc_version = { workspace = true }
 
-[package.metadata.deb]
-name = "zenohd"
-maintainer = "zenoh-dev@eclipse.org"
-copyright = "2022 ZettaScale Technology"
-section = "net"
-license-file = ["../LICENSE", "0"]
-depends = "$auto"
-maintainer-scripts = "zenoh/.deb"
-assets = [
-  # binary
-  ["target/release/zenohd", "/usr/bin/", "755"],
-  # service
-  [".service/zenohd.service", "/lib/systemd/system/zenohd.service", "644"],
-]
-
 [[example]]
 name = "z_scout"
 path = "examples/z_scout.rs"