diff --git a/profiles/desktop/package.mask b/profiles/desktop/package.mask
index 54adab6e..2b927c8a 100644
--- a/profiles/desktop/package.mask
+++ b/profiles/desktop/package.mask
@@ -1,4 +1,2 @@
 >=media-fonts/liberation-fonts-2.00.0
-=media-plugins/caps-plugins-0.9.24 # brokes equiilizer
-=sys-fs/udev-238 #  error: size of array ‘a’ is negative
 =gnome-base/dconf-editor-3.30.2 # build fails
diff --git a/profiles/desktop/package.unmask b/profiles/desktop/package.unmask
index fc259bd1..616908b0 100644
--- a/profiles/desktop/package.unmask
+++ b/profiles/desktop/package.unmask
@@ -1,5 +1,2 @@
-<app-text/cuneiform-2.0
-<sci-geosciences/googleearth-8
 <games-fps/doom3-1.4
 <games-fps/doom3-data-1.2
-app-admin/localepurge