diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index fedaece90..37e06b943 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ linux (4.6.1-1~exp1) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
     - locallock: add local_lock_on()
     - kernel/printk: Don't try to print from IRQ/NMI region
     - mm: perform lru_add_drain_all() remotely
+  * debian/control: Drop obsolete versioned Depends and Breaks
 
  -- Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>  Sat, 04 Jun 2016 18:33:11 +0100
 
diff --git a/debian/templates/control.image.in b/debian/templates/control.image.in
index ef9e75962..7be55f37c 100644
--- a/debian/templates/control.image.in
+++ b/debian/templates/control.image.in
@@ -3,6 +3,5 @@ Build-Profiles: <!stage1>
 Depends: kmod, linux-base (>= 4.1~), ${misc:Depends}
 Recommends: firmware-linux-free, ${kernel:Recommends}
 Suggests: linux-doc-@version@, debian-kernel-handbook
-Breaks: udev (<< 208-8~)
 Description: Linux @upstreamversion@ for @class@
  The Linux kernel @upstreamversion@ and modules for use on @longclass@.
diff --git a/debian/templates/control.tools.in b/debian/templates/control.tools.in
index 97adb601f..8ffd8009c 100644
--- a/debian/templates/control.tools.in
+++ b/debian/templates/control.tools.in
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ Build-Profiles: <!stage1 !pkg.linux.notools>
 Section: devel
 Architecture: alpha amd64 arm64 armel armhf hppa i386 mips mips64 mips64el mipsel mipsn32 mipsn32el mipsr6 mipsr6el mipsn32r6 mipsn32r6el mips64r6 mips64r6el powerpc powerpcspe ppc64 ppc64el s390 s390x sh4 sparc sparc64
 Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}, ${perl:Depends}, ${python:Depends}
-Recommends: linux-base (>= 3.4~)
+Recommends: linux-base
 Provides: linux-tools-@version@
 Conflicts: linux-tools-@version@
 Replaces: linux-tools-@version@
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ Description: USB device sharing system over IP network
 Package: hyperv-daemons
 Build-Profiles: <!stage1 !pkg.linux.notools>
 Architecture: i386 amd64 x32
-Depends: lsb-base (>= 3.2-14), ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}
+Depends: lsb-base, ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}
 Section: admin
 Description: Support daemons for Linux running on Hyper-V
  Suite of daemons for Linux guests running on Hyper-V, consisting of