diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-build-upload-binaries.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-build-upload-binaries.yml
index 3465e7921a..aa601b6b1e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-build-upload-binaries.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-build-upload-binaries.yml
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Build deb packages
         shell: bash
-        run: scripts/ppa.sh ${{ secrets.PPA_SIGNING_KEY }}
+        run: make deb
 
       - name: Prepare build output
         shell: bash
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ jobs:
           cp target/release/nym-network-statistics $OUTPUT_DIR
           cp target/release/nym-cli $OUTPUT_DIR
           cp target/release/explorer-api $OUTPUT_DIR
-          cp ppa/debian/* $OUTPUT_DIR
+          cp target/debian/*.deb $OUTPUT_DIR
 
       - name: Deploy branch to CI www
         continue-on-error: true
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index da23d9e143..6be3f9f495 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ help:
 	@echo "  clippy: run clippy for all workspaces"
 	@echo "  test: run clippy, unit tests, and formatting."
 	@echo "  test-all: like test, but also includes the expensive tests"
-	@echo "  ppa: build debian package and generate files required for PPA update"
+	@echo "  deb: build debian packages
 
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Meta targets
@@ -176,6 +176,13 @@ run-api-tests:
 	cd nym-api/tests/functional_test && yarn test:qa
 
 # Build debian package, and update PPA
-# Requires base64 encode GPG key to be set up in environment PPA_SIGNING_KEY
-# ppa: build-nym-mixnode build-nym-gateway
-# 	scripts/ppa.sh
+deb-mixnode: build-nym-mixnode
+	cargo deb -p nym-mixnode 
+
+deb-gateway: build-nym-gateway
+	cargo deb -p nym-gateway
+
+deb-cli: build-nym-cli
+	cargo deb -p nym-cli
+
+deb: deb-mixnode deb-gateway deb-cli
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/scripts/ppa.sh b/scripts/ppa.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 0dbac24fee..0000000000
--- a/scripts/ppa.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-#/bin/bash
-# Run from repository root
-# Takes PPA_SIGNING_KEY base64 encoded as first argument
-
-echo $1 | base64 -d >ppa-signing-key.asc
-gpg --import ppa-signing-key.asc
-rm ppa-signing-key.asc
-
-cargo deb -p nym-mixnode
-cargo deb -p nym-gateway
-cargo deb -p nym-cli
-
-mv target/debian/*.deb ppa/debian
-
-cd ppa
-
-dpkg-scanpackages --multiversion . >Packages
-gzip -k -f Packages
-
-apt-ftparchive release . >Release
-gpg --default-key "nym@nymtech.net" -abs -o - Release >Release.gpg
-gpg --default-key "nym@nymtech.net" --clearsign -o - Release >InRelease