diff --git a/profiles/default/linux/amd64/13.0/backbone/desktop/package.mask b/profiles/default/linux/amd64/13.0/backbone/desktop/package.mask
index 64e4c1df..7a55fb3b 100644
--- a/profiles/default/linux/amd64/13.0/backbone/desktop/package.mask
+++ b/profiles/default/linux/amd64/13.0/backbone/desktop/package.mask
@@ -1,13 +1,2 @@
 =x11-wm/fvwm-2.6.3
 >=media-fonts/liberation-fonts-2.00.0
-=www-client/firefox-16.0.1
->=dev-games/cegui-0.7.0 # 0.6* required by Qemu, spice
-=sys-fs/aufs3-3_p20130422
-=sys-fs/aufs3-3_p20130429
-=sys-fs/aufs3-3_p20130506
-=sys-fs/aufs3-3_p20130821
-=app-emulation/wine-1.5.30
-=sys-kernel/geek-sources-3.10
-=x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-325.08
-=dev-util/source-highlight-3.1.7-r2 # requires >=boost-1.52.0-r1 while libreoffice requires =boost-1.49*
-=dev-libs/boost-1.52.0-r6           # libreoffice requires =boost-1.49*
diff --git a/profiles/default/linux/amd64/13.0/backbone/desktop/package.unmask b/profiles/default/linux/amd64/13.0/backbone/desktop/package.unmask
index daa6047d..6a6570d8 100644
--- a/profiles/default/linux/amd64/13.0/backbone/desktop/package.unmask
+++ b/profiles/default/linux/amd64/13.0/backbone/desktop/package.unmask
@@ -1,7 +1,3 @@
->=games-fps/doom3-1.0.0
->=games-fps/doom3-data-1.0.0
-<=media-video/avidemux-2.5.88
 <app-text/cuneiform-2.0
 <media-video/ffmpeg-2.0
-<sys-kernel/geek-sources-3.10
 <sci-geosciences/googleearth-8