diff --git a/fedora-livecd-desktop.ks b/fedora-livecd-desktop.ks
index 42adc23..fc7efb5 100644
--- a/fedora-livecd-desktop.ks
+++ b/fedora-livecd-desktop.ks
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
 @sound-and-video
 @gnome-desktop
 abiword
-gnome-games
 nss-mdns
 
 # avoid weird case where we pull in more festival stuff than we need
@@ -33,15 +32,9 @@ festvox-slt-arctic-hts
 -gnome-games-help
 -nss_db
 -isdn4k-utils
--dasher
--evince-dvi
--evince-djvu
 -desktop-backgrounds-basic
 -constantine-backgrounds-extras
 
-# these pull in excessive dependencies
--ekiga
-
 # things we don't need here
 -seahorse
 -alacarte
@@ -79,10 +72,6 @@ festvox-slt-arctic-hts
 # use the PackageKit helper for bash
 PackageKit-command-not-found
 
-# why does the obsoletes not work ?!
--lzma
-xz-lzma-compat
-
 %end
 
 %post