diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 73ed1bc..46a3ee7 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ Uploaders: Loïc Minier <lool@dooz.org>,
            Paul Tagliamonte <paultag@debian.org>,
            Eshat Cakar <info@eshat.de>
 Build-Depends: cdbs (>= 0.4.93), debhelper (>= 9)
-# libusplash-dev, imagemagick, librsvg2-bin
 Standards-Version: 3.9.6
 Homepage: http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-desktop
 Vcs-Browser: http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/debian-desktop/packages/trunk/desktop-base
@@ -27,13 +26,3 @@ Description: common files for the Debian Desktop
  Debian related material (suitable for placement on a user's desktop),
  and other common files between the available desktop environments
  such as GNOME and KDE.
-
-#Package: usplash-theme-debian-desktop
-#Section: misc
-#Architecture: amd64 i386 powerpc sparc
-#Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, usplash
-#Provides: usplash-theme
-#Description: Debian Desktop usplash theme
-# This package contains an usplash theme based on Debian Desktop project.
-# .
-# See http://wiki.debian.org/DebianDesktopArtwork for more details.
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index e87d716..de087a0 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -6,9 +6,6 @@ include /usr/share/cdbs/1/class/makefile.mk
 
 DEB_DH_BUILDDEB_ARGS = -- -Zxz
 
-# needed for usplash
-CFLAGS += -fPIC
-
 DEB_MAKE_INSTALL_TARGET := install DESTDIR=$(CURDIR)/debian/desktop-base/
 
 binary-fixup/desktop-base::