diff --git a/patterns-base.changes b/patterns-base.changes
index 08a7d18..0f2c815 100644
--- a/patterns-base.changes
+++ b/patterns-base.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,17 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Feb 25 19:59:06 UTC 2019 - Dominique Leuenberger <dimstar@opensuse.org>
+
+- Strip down minimal_base pattern:
+  * Drop elfutils Requires: all tools from elfutils exist in
+    binutils, without the eu- prefix.
+  * Drop openssh requires: forcing a user to have openssh present no
+    matter what, without a possibility to uninstall it, is not
+    wanted.
+  * Drop sysvinit requires: this is a dependency to systemd after
+    all.
+- Move systemd-coredump from requires in minimal_base to recommends in
+  base.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Feb 19 16:25:23 UTC 2019 - Frederic Crozat <fcrozat@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/patterns-base.spec b/patterns-base.spec
index 116ec76..de9771b 100644
--- a/patterns-base.spec
+++ b/patterns-base.spec
@@ -183,6 +183,9 @@ Requires:       polkit-default-privs
 Requires:       shadow
 Requires:       util-linux
 Requires:       which
+%if ! 0%{?is_opensuse}
+Requires:       systemd-coredump
+%endif
 Recommends:     bash-completion
 Recommends:     btrfsprogs
 Recommends:     ca-certificates-mozilla
@@ -639,12 +642,10 @@ Requires:       coreutils
 Requires:       device-mapper
 Requires:       distribution-release
 Requires:       dracut
-Requires:       elfutils
 Requires:       filesystem
 Requires:       glibc
 Requires:       iproute2
 Requires:       kbd
-Requires:       openssh
 Requires:       pam
 Requires:       procps
 Requires:       rpm
@@ -655,15 +656,11 @@ Requires:       system-user-nobody
 Requires:       system-user-bin
 Requires:       system-user-daemon
 Requires:       systemd
-Requires:       sysvinit-tools
 Requires:       udev
 Requires:       zypper
 # Note it makes no sense to recommend packages in minimal_base as it can't
 # be installed with --no-recommends if your package can be Recommended rather
 # then required it likely belongs in base and not here.
-%if ! 0%{?is_opensuse}
-Requires:       systemd-coredump
-%endif
 # rollback-helper is useful on Leap / SLE but not tumbleweed
 %if 0%{?sle_version}
 Requires:       rollback-helper