diff --git a/patterns-gnome.changes b/patterns-gnome.changes
index 4a0f25b..f35d803 100644
--- a/patterns-gnome.changes
+++ b/patterns-gnome.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Jan 24 09:29:26 UTC 2022 - Dominique Leuenberger <dimstar@opensuse.org>
+
+- Do not recommend speech-dispatcher-module-espeak: we recommend
+  speech-dispatcher, the rest is handled by dependencies from the
+  packages (recommends and supplements).
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sat Dec 11 12:04:11 UTC 2021 - Dominique Leuenberger <dimstar@opensuse.org>
 
diff --git a/patterns-gnome.spec b/patterns-gnome.spec
index 220017d..c34fda9 100644
--- a/patterns-gnome.spec
+++ b/patterns-gnome.spec
@@ -137,7 +137,6 @@ Recommends:     gnome-desktop
 # #554954
 Recommends:     gnome-disk-utility
 Recommends:     gnome-documents
-Recommends:     gnome-menus
 Recommends:     gnome-remote-desktop
 Recommends:     gpgme
 # #399801
@@ -150,7 +149,6 @@ Recommends:     pidgin
 Recommends:     planner
 Recommends:     python3-speechd
 Recommends:     speech-dispatcher
-Recommends:     speech-dispatcher-module-espeak
 # #608156
 Recommends:     tracker
 Recommends:     tracker-miner-files
@@ -310,7 +308,6 @@ Recommends:     polkit-default-privs
 # Pulseaudio is the default sound server
 Recommends:     pulseaudio-module-gsettings
 Recommends:     pulseaudio-module-x11
-Recommends:     samba
 # #509829
 Recommends:     xdg-user-dirs-gtk
 Recommends:     yelp
@@ -416,9 +413,6 @@ Obsoletes:      patterns-openSUSE-gnome_basis_opt < %{version}
 Requires:       pattern() = x11
 # #394406
 Recommends:     dynamic-wallpaper-branding-openSUSE
-# MAYBE later lsb-graphics
-# give net shares
-Recommends:     samba
 
 %description gnome_basis_opt
 Base packages for the GNOME desktop environment.