diff --git a/config/desktop/jammy/environments/gnome/config_base/packages b/config/desktop/jammy/environments/gnome/config_base/packages
index 9a5b0d7eb..95ee2f408 100644
--- a/config/desktop/jammy/environments/gnome/config_base/packages
+++ b/config/desktop/jammy/environments/gnome/config_base/packages
@@ -20,31 +20,8 @@ gcr
 gdebi
 gdm3
 genisoimage
-geoclue-2.0
 ghostscript
 ghostscript-x
-gir1.2-accountsservice-1.0
-gir1.2-atspi-2.0
-gir1.2-gck-1
-gir1.2-gcr-3
-gir1.2-gdesktopenums-3.0
-gir1.2-gdm-1.0
-gir1.2-geoclue-2.0
-gir1.2-gnomebluetooth-1.0
-gir1.2-gnomedesktop-3.0
-gir1.2-goa-1.0
-gir1.2-graphene-1.0
-gir1.2-gweather-3.0
-gir1.2-ibus-1.0
-gir1.2-json-1.0
-gir1.2-mutter-10
-gir1.2-nm-1.0
-gir1.2-nma-1.0
-gir1.2-polkit-1.0
-gir1.2-rsvg-2.0
-gir1.2-snapd-1
-gir1.2-soup-2.4
-gir1.2-upowerglib-1.0
 gist
 gjs
 gnome-control-center
@@ -64,66 +41,31 @@ gvfs-backends
 hunspell-en-us
 inputattach
 inxi
-libaccountsservice0
 libasound2-plugins
 libaspell15
 libatk-adaptor
 libcairo-gobject-perl
 libcairo-perl
-libcamel-1.2-63
 libcue2
-libdee-1.0-4
-libebackend-1.2-10
-libebook-1.2-20
-libebook-contacts-1.2-3
-libecal-2.0-1
-libedata-book-1.2-26
-libedata-cal-2.0-1
-libedataserver-1.2-26
-libedataserverui-1.2-3
-libenchant-2-2
 libexempi8
-libexiv2-27
 libextutils-depends-perl
 libextutils-pkgconfig-perl
 libfontenc1
-libgck-1-0
-libgcr-base-3-1
-libgcr-ui-3-1
 libgdata22
 libgdata-common
-libgdm1
-libgeoclue-2-0
-libgeocode-glib0
-libgexiv2-2
 libgjs0g
 libglib-object-introspection-perl
 libglib-perl
 libglu1-mesa
-libgnome-autoar-0-0
-libgnome-bluetooth13
-libgnome-desktop-3-19
-libgoa-1.0-0b
-libgoa-1.0-common
-libgraphene-1.0-0
 libgs9
 libgs9-common
-libgsf-1-114
-libgsf-1-common
-libgtk3-perl
-libgweather-3-16
-libgweather-common
 libgxps2
-libibus-1.0-5
 libical3
 libidn12
 libijs-0.35
 libimobiledevice6
-libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18
 libjbig2dec0
-libmutter-10-0
 libnautilus-extension1a
-libnma0
 libnotify-bin
 libpaper1
 libphonenumber8
@@ -141,9 +83,7 @@ libunity9
 libunity-protocol-private0
 libunity-scopes-json-def-desktop
 libunwind8
-libupower-glib3
 libusbmuxd6
-libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37
 libxapp1
 libxaw7
 libxfont2
diff --git a/config/desktop/sid/environments/gnome/config_base/packages b/config/desktop/sid/environments/gnome/config_base/packages
index ed03bb8a9..05e7c4de2 100644
--- a/config/desktop/sid/environments/gnome/config_base/packages
+++ b/config/desktop/sid/environments/gnome/config_base/packages
@@ -15,31 +15,8 @@ gcr
 gdebi
 gdm3
 genisoimage
-geoclue-2.0
 ghostscript
 ghostscript-x
-gir1.2-accountsservice-1.0
-gir1.2-atspi-2.0
-gir1.2-gck-1
-gir1.2-gcr-3
-gir1.2-gdesktopenums-3.0
-gir1.2-gdm-1.0
-gir1.2-geoclue-2.0
-gir1.2-gnomebluetooth-1.0
-gir1.2-gnomedesktop-3.0
-gir1.2-goa-1.0
-gir1.2-graphene-1.0
-gir1.2-gweather-3.0
-gir1.2-ibus-1.0
-gir1.2-json-1.0
-gir1.2-mutter-10
-gir1.2-nm-1.0
-gir1.2-nma-1.0
-gir1.2-polkit-1.0
-gir1.2-rsvg-2.0
-gir1.2-snapd-1
-gir1.2-soup-2.4
-gir1.2-upowerglib-1.0
 gjs
 gnome-control-center
 gnome-desktop3-data
@@ -56,68 +33,33 @@ gnome-shell-common
 gvfs-backends
 hunspell-en-us
 inputattach
-libaccountsservice0
 libasound2
 libasound2-plugins
 libaspell15
 libatk-adaptor
 libcairo-gobject-perl
 libcairo-perl
-libcamel-1.2-63
 libcue2
-libdee-1.0-4
-libebackend-1.2-10
-libebook-1.2-20
-libebook-contacts-1.2-3
-libecal-2.0-1
-libedata-book-1.2-26
-libedata-cal-2.0-1
-libedataserver-1.2-26
-libedataserverui-1.2-3
-libenchant-2-2
 libexempi8
-libexiv2-27
 libextutils-depends-perl
 libextutils-pkgconfig-perl
 libfontenc1
-libgck-1-0
-libgcr-base-3-1
-libgcr-ui-3-1
 libgdata22
 libgdata-common
-libgdm1
-libgeoclue-2-0
-libgeocode-glib0
-libgexiv2-2
 libgjs0g
 libglib2.0-bin
 libglib-object-introspection-perl
 libglib-perl
 libglu1-mesa
-libgnome-autoar-0-0
-libgnome-bluetooth13
-libgnome-desktop-3-19
-libgoa-1.0-0b
-libgoa-1.0-common
-libgraphene-1.0-0
 libgs9
 libgs9-common
-libgsf-1-114
-libgsf-1-common
-libgtk3-perl
-libgweather-3-16
-libgweather-common
 libgxps2
-libibus-1.0-5
 libical3
 libidn11-dev
 libijs-0.35
 libimobiledevice6
-libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18
 libjbig2dec0
-libmutter-10-0
 libnautilus-extension1a
-libnma0
 libnotify-bin
 libpaper1
 libphonenumber8
@@ -132,9 +74,7 @@ libtotem-plparser18
 libtotem-plparser-common
 libu2f-udev
 libunwind8
-libupower-glib3
 libusbmuxd6
-libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37
 libxaw7
 libxfont2
 libxkbfile1