diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 7929bf22..d422c3e7 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -6,8 +6,10 @@ byobu (2.33) unreleased; urgency=low
   * bin/updates_available: print the current cache even if we're
     updating the cache
   * po/byoub-*.po: rename to just *.po, fix translations location, LP: #430095
+  * debian/control: drop update-notifier-common and lsb-release to suggests,
+    as we can live without these now
 
- -- Dustin Kirkland <kirkland@ubuntu.com>  Tue, 15 Sep 2009 13:36:33 -0500
+ -- Dustin Kirkland <kirkland@ubuntu.com>  Wed, 16 Sep 2009 16:46:57 -0500
 
 byobu (2.32-0ubuntu1) karmic; urgency=low
 
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 52843467..daa06957 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -10,8 +10,7 @@ Vcs-Bzr: http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~kirkland/byobu/trunk
 Package: byobu
 Architecture: all
 Depends: ${misc:Depends}, debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, screen, gettext-base, python, python-newt (>= 0.52.2-11)
-Recommends: update-notifier-common, lsb-release
-Suggests: vim
+Suggests: vim, update-notifier-common, lsb-release, w3m
 Provides: screen-profiles, screen-profiles-extras, byobu-extras
 Replaces: screen-profiles (<< 2.0), screen-profiles-extras (<< 2.0), byobu-extras (<< 2.17)
 Conflicts: screen-profiles (<< 2.0), screen-profiles-extras (<< 2.0), byobu-extras (<< 2.17)