diff --git a/control b/control
index e844aade7f..2f78d47d4d 100644
--- a/control
+++ b/control
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ Standards-Version: 3.6.1
 
 Package: tor
 Architecture: any
-Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, adduser
-Recommends: privoxy, tsocks
+Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, adduser, tsocks
+Recommends: tsocks
 Suggests: mixmaster, mixminion, anon-proxy
 Description: anonymizing overlay network for TCP
  Tor is a connection-based low-latency anonymous communication system which