diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index e9198b9..789c7af 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 Pre-Depends: ${misc:Pre-Depends}
 Depends: ${shlibs:Depends},
          ${misc:Depends}
-Recommends: fluidr3mono-gm-soundfont | timgm6mb-soundfont | fluid-soundfont-gm | freepats
+Recommends: timgm6mb-soundfont (>= 1.3-3~) | sf3-soundfont-gm
 Breaks: libfluidsynth1 (<< 1.1.7~)
 Description: Mixer library for Simple DirectMedia Layer 2, libraries
  SDL_mixer is a sample multi-channel audio mixer library.  It supports any
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 62089d0..a4b4ef8 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 export DEB_CFLAGS_MAINT_APPEND  := -pipe -Wall $(MODPLUG_INCLUDE_DIR)
 # bug #715461, provide default soundfont paths
-export DEB_CPPFLAGS_MAINT_APPEND := -DMIX_INIT_SOUNDFONT_PATHS=\"/usr/share/sounds/sf3/FluidR3Mono_GM.sf3:/usr/share/sounds/sf2/TimGM6mb.sf2:/usr/share/sounds/sf2/FluidR3_GM.sf2\"
+export DEB_CPPFLAGS_MAINT_APPEND := -DMIX_INIT_SOUNDFONT_PATHS=\"/usr/share/sounds/sf3/default-GM.sf3\"
 export DEB_LDFLAGS_MAINT_APPEND := -Wl,--as-needed
 
 DEB_HOST_MULTIARCH ?= $(shell dpkg-architecture -qDEB_HOST_MULTIARCH)