diff --git a/debian/ai-auditd.postinst b/debian/ai-auditd.postinst
index e5ae6a612d6a58180efdfca8aa63b6119ba907da..215d6001311452c511890ea1a3f750a7d205ed21 100644
--- a/debian/ai-auditd.postinst
+++ b/debian/ai-auditd.postinst
@@ -4,10 +4,8 @@
 case "$1" in
 configure)
 
-        if ! getent user ai-auditd >/dev/null; then
-        	adduser --system --home /var/lib/auditd --no-create-home \
-			--disabled-password ai-auditd
-	fi
+       	adduser --quiet --system --home /var/lib/auditd --no-create-home \
+		--disabled-password ai-auditd
 
 	mkdir -p /var/lib/auditd
 	chown -R ai-auditd:root /var/lib/auditd
diff --git a/debian/localauditd.postinst b/debian/localauditd.postinst
index 4c93a65c3504a809db5a89a4af286ee14ea8b61f..7ac6da9b4b1264a7ca7cf9a5874116e186cbabf8 100644
--- a/debian/localauditd.postinst
+++ b/debian/localauditd.postinst
@@ -4,14 +4,10 @@
 case "$1" in
 configure)
 
-	if ! getent group audit >/dev/null; then
-		addgroup --system audit
-	fi
-
-        if ! getent user localaudit >/dev/null; then
-		adduser --system --home /var/spool/audit --no-create-home \
-			--disabled-password --ingroup audit localaudit
-	fi
+	addgroup --quiet --system audit
+
+	adduser --quiet --system --home /var/spool/audit --no-create-home \
+		--disabled-password --ingroup audit localaudit
 
 	mkdir -p /var/spool/audit/incoming
 	chown -R localaudit:audit /var/spool/audit