--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -142,6 +142,9 @@
 	AGENTS_LIST=`find $srcdir/fence/agents -mindepth 2 -maxdepth 2 -name '*.py' -printf '%P ' | sed -e 's#lib/[A-Za-z_.]* ##g' -e 's#nss_wrapper/[A-Za-z_.]* ##g' -e 's#autodetect/[A-Za-z_.]* ##g'`
 fi
 
+# remove fence_amt_ws because we don't have openwsman (and sblim-sfcc) in Debian
+AGENTS_LIST=$(echo $AGENTS_LIST | sed -e "s!amt_ws/fence_amt_ws.py !!")
+
 XENAPILIB=0
 if echo "$AGENTS_LIST" | grep -q xenapi; then
 	XENAPILIB=1
@@ -163,7 +166,8 @@
 AC_PYTHON_MODULE(pexpect, 1)
 AC_PYTHON_MODULE(pycurl, 1)
 AC_PYTHON_MODULE(requests, 1)
-AC_PYTHON_MODULE(pywsman, 1)
+# openwsman is not in Debian yet
+#AC_PYTHON_MODULE(pywsman, 1)
 
 ## path to 3rd-party binaries
 AC_PATH_PROG([IPMITOOL_PATH], [ipmitool], [/usr/bin/ipmitool])
