diff --git a/helpers/make-debian-installer b/helpers/make-debian-installer
index 3f38eb3..2c6fcb2 100644
--- a/helpers/make-debian-installer
+++ b/helpers/make-debian-installer
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 #    Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301 USA
 #
 
-VERSION=18.9.testing
+VERSION=18.10.testing
 EXTERNAL='deb-src http://ftp.debian.org/debian trixie main'
 REPOKEY=0E98404D386FA1D9
 NETINST=true
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ patch_p1 $DATA/006_prevent_error_unversioned_kernel_usage.patch
 sed -i '/shim/s|signed|unsigned|g' debian/control
 sed -i 's|grub-efi-amd64-signed|grub-efi-amd64-bin|' debian/control
 sed -i 's|-signed||' debian/control
-sed -i '/win32-loader/d' debian/control
+grep -q win32-loader debian/control && sed -i '/win32-loader/d' debian/control
 
 # use unsigned shim
 grep -rl "efi\.signed" | xargs -r sed -i 's|efi\.signed|efi|g'