diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 9a9cb35c30f116365132c05d02f510055e09c4c6..1fb351304f7d4ef82fd03d5cf8af60542880d692 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+apertis-dev-tools (0.2024.16) apertis; urgency=medium
+
+  * Drop unneeded dependencies.
+    After narrowing the functionality of ade tool to only manage sysroots the
+    dependencies were not re evaluated, causing several packages to be required
+    which are not really needed.
+    To avoid this problem, remove unneeded dependencies.
+
+ -- Walter Lozano <walter.lozano@collabora.com>  Tue, 07 Jan 2025 10:16:52 -0300
+
 apertis-dev-tools (0.2024.15) apertis; urgency=medium
 
   * ci-license-scan: Workaround invalid copyright.
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 512a29d0a12cb98a922da62bb98a2179e2426d67..4abeafc20d21a063fc5b1d86c057e7c3b9f24919 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -4,10 +4,8 @@ Section: devel
 Priority: optional
 Build-Depends: debhelper-compat (= 13),
                dh-sequence-python3,
-               flatpak,
                git-buildpackage,
                gnupg2,
-               ostree,
                python3-argcomplete,
                python3-debian,
                python3-gi,
@@ -22,7 +20,6 @@ Architecture: all
 Depends: abi-compliance-checker,
          devscripts,
          dpkg-dev,
-         flatpak,
          git-buildpackage,
          gitlab-rulez,
          libconfig-model-dpkg-perl,