diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index f8bf7c8..e1bfb75 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -26,8 +26,6 @@
 include /usr/share/cdbs/1/class/python-sugar.mk
 include /usr/share/cdbs/1/rules/debhelper.mk
 
-DEB_SUGAR_PRIMARY_BRANCH = 0.88
-
 DEB_UPSTREAM_PACKAGE = Etoys
 DEB_UPSTREAM_URL = http://download.sugarlabs.org/sources/sucrose/fructose/$(DEB_UPSTREAM_PACKAGE)
 DEB_UPSTREAM_TARBALL_MD5 = 44673a6624aa695e661b799d2a92b522
@@ -35,8 +33,6 @@
 DEB_SUGAR_PRIMARY_BRANCH = 0.88
 
 CDBS_DEPENDS_$(pkg) = etoys
-CDBS_RECOMMENDS_$(pkg) = $(call cdbs_sugar_anybranchdeps,sugar-session)
-CDBS_RECOMMENDS_$(pkg) += , sugar-presence-service-0.90 | sugar-presence-service
 
 # Suppress unneeded auto-resolved build-dependency on python-dev
 CDBS_BUILD_DEPENDS_class_python-sugar_python = python