diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index e62cfb97..839bb18d 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ Build-Depends: autotools-dev,
                libesd0-dev,
                libfontconfig1-dev | libfontconfig-dev,
                libfreetype6-dev,
-               libgif-dev | libungif4-dev,
                libgl1-mesa-dev | nvidia-glx-dev | fglrx-driver-dev | libgl-dev,
                libglu1-mesa-dev | libglu-dev,
                libgnutls-dev,
@@ -77,13 +76,11 @@ Pre-Depends: dpkg (>= 1.14.12ubuntu3), ${misc:Pre-Depends}
 Depends:    ${shlibs:Depends},
             libasound2-plugins,
             libncurses5
-Recommends: gettext,
-            libcapi20-3,
+Recommends: libcapi20-3,
             libcups2,
             libdbus-1-3,
             libfontconfig1 | libfontconfig,
             libfreetype6,
-            libgif4,
             libgnutls26,
             libgphoto2-6 | libgphoto2-2 (>= 2.4.6),
             libgphoto2-port10 | libgphoto2-port0 (>= 2.4.6),
@@ -136,13 +133,11 @@ Pre-Depends: dpkg (>= 1.14.12ubuntu3), ${misc:Pre-Depends}
 Depends:    ${shlibs:Depends},
             libasound2-plugins,
             libncurses5
-Recommends: gettext,
-            libcapi20-3,
+Recommends: libcapi20-3,
             libcups2,
             libdbus-1-3,
             libfontconfig1 | libfontconfig,
             libfreetype6,
-            libgif4,
             libgnutls26,
             libgphoto2-6 | libgphoto2-2 (>= 2.4.6),
             libgphoto2-port10 | libgphoto2-port0 (>= 2.4.6),