diff --git a/tests/utils.bats b/tests/utils.bats
index e869523..a35783d 100644
--- a/tests/utils.bats
+++ b/tests/utils.bats
@@ -173,6 +173,22 @@ esac'
   called sudo pacman -Rns --noconfirm vim
 }
 
+@test "remove_packages removes a package's -debug package too, even on its own" {
+  # voxtype-debug outlives voxtype, and conflicts with voxtype-bin-debug
+  stub pacman '
+[ "$1" = -Qq ] || exit 1
+case "$2" in
+  voxtype|voxtype-debug|herdr-debug) echo "$2" ;;
+  *) exit 1 ;;
+esac'
+  stub sudo
+  source "$REPO/utils.sh"
+
+  run remove_packages voxtype herdr vim
+  [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+  called sudo pacman -Rns --noconfirm voxtype voxtype-debug herdr-debug
+}
+
 @test "remove_packages does nothing when nothing is installed" {
   stub pacman 'exit 1'
   stub sudo
diff --git a/utils.sh b/utils.sh
index 82ec9dc..618014a 100755
--- a/utils.sh
+++ b/utils.sh
@@ -106,10 +106,16 @@ remove_packages() {
 
   # Match the exact name: pacman -Q also finds a package that provides it, such
   # as herdr-bin for herdr, which pacman -R won't remove by that name
+  # An AUR package built with makepkg's debug option comes with pkg-debug,
+  # which nothing depends on, so -Rns leaves it behind, and its files conflict
+  # with the replacement's (voxtype-debug with voxtype-bin-debug)
   for pkg in "${packages[@]}"; do
     if [ "$(pacman -Qq "$pkg" 2> /dev/null)" = "$pkg" ]; then
       to_remove+=("$pkg")
     fi
+    if [ "$(pacman -Qq "$pkg-debug" 2> /dev/null)" = "$pkg-debug" ]; then
+      to_remove+=("$pkg-debug")
+    fi
   done
 
   if [ ${#to_remove[@]} -ne 0 ]; then