diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 9e6d4d33..536831ac 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@ screen-profiles (1.16) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
 
   * select-screen-profile: limit erroneous attempts to 5; make the "plain"
     profile default; remove the "recommended" pointer
+  * screen-profiles-helper: drop the "recommended" pointer
 
- -- Dustin Kirkland <kirkland@ubuntu.com>  Tue, 27 Jan 2009 12:36:44 -0500
+ -- Dustin Kirkland <kirkland@ubuntu.com>  Tue, 27 Jan 2009 14:12:44 -0500
 
 screen-profiles (1.15-0ubuntu1) jaunty; urgency=low
 
diff --git a/screen-profiles-helper b/screen-profiles-helper
index 94bbf9d2..1b245a99 100755
--- a/screen-profiles-helper
+++ b/screen-profiles-helper
@@ -150,11 +150,7 @@ def profile(screen, size):
     li = Listbox(height = 6, width = 60, returnExit = 1)
 
     for choice in commands.getoutput('select-screen-profile -l').splitlines():
-        if choice.startswith("ubuntu"):
-            li.append(choice+_(" <-- recommended"), choice)
-            li.setCurrent(choice)
-        else:
-            li.append(choice, choice)
+        li.append(choice, choice)
 
     bb = ButtonBar(screen, ((_("Apply"), "apply"), (_("Cancel"), "cancel")), compact = 1)