diff --git a/debian/build-deps b/debian/build-deps
index 83e5928..997c57d 100644
--- a/debian/build-deps
+++ b/debian/build-deps
@@ -7,15 +7,9 @@
 dh-autoreconf
 dpkg-dev (>= 1.15.1)
 flite-dev
-gir1.2-freedesktop
-gir1.2-glib-2.0
-gir1.2-gst-plugins-base-1.0
-gir1.2-gstreamer-1.0
-gobject-introspection (>= 0.9.12-4~)
 @GST_EXTRA_BUILD_DEPENDS@
 @GST_LIB_DEV_DEP@
 gstreamer@GST_ABI@-plugins-base (>= 1.12.0)
-gtk-doc-tools (>= 1.12)
 ladspa-sdk
 libass-dev (>= 0.10.4)
 libbs2b-dev
@@ -31,7 +25,6 @@
 libexif-dev (>= 0.6.16)
 libfaad-dev (>= 2.7)
 libfluidsynth-dev (>= 1.0)
-libgirepository1.0-dev (>= 0.9.12-4~)
 libgl1-mesa-dev
 libgles2-mesa-dev
 libglib2.0-dev (>= 2.40)
@@ -49,7 +42,6 @@
 libmpcdec-dev
 libofa0-dev (>= 0.9.3)
 libopenal-dev (>= 1:1.14)
-libopencv-dev (>= 2.3.0)
 libopenexr-dev
 libopenjp2-7-dev
 libopus-dev (>= 0.9.4)
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index ea93484..c392521 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -11,15 +11,9 @@
                dh-autoreconf,
                dpkg-dev (>= 1.15.1),
                flite-dev,
-               gir1.2-freedesktop,
-               gir1.2-glib-2.0,
-               gir1.2-gst-plugins-base-1.0,
-               gir1.2-gstreamer-1.0,
-               gobject-introspection (>= 0.9.12-4~),
                libasound2-dev (>= 0.9.1) [linux-any],
                libcdaudio-dev [linux-any],
                libdc1394-22-dev (>= 2.0.0) [linux-any],
-               libgudev-1.0-dev (>= 143) [linux-any],
                libusb-1.0-0-dev [linux-any],
                libbluetooth-dev (>= 5) [linux-any],
                libsbc-dev (>= 1.1) [linux-any],
@@ -30,7 +24,6 @@
                libvulkan-dev [linux-any],
                libgstreamer1.0-dev (>= 1.12.0),
                gstreamer1.0-plugins-base (>= 1.12.0),
-               gtk-doc-tools (>= 1.12),
                ladspa-sdk,
                libass-dev (>= 0.10.4),
                libbs2b-dev,
@@ -46,7 +39,6 @@
                libexif-dev (>= 0.6.16),
                libfaad-dev (>= 2.7),
                libfluidsynth-dev (>= 1.0),
-               libgirepository1.0-dev (>= 0.9.12-4~),
                libgl1-mesa-dev,
                libgles2-mesa-dev,
                libglib2.0-dev (>= 2.40),
@@ -64,7 +56,6 @@
                libmpcdec-dev,
                libofa0-dev (>= 0.9.3),
                libopenal-dev (>= 1:1.14),
-               libopencv-dev (>= 2.3.0),
                libopenexr-dev,
                libopenjp2-7-dev,
                libopus-dev (>= 0.9.4),
@@ -88,7 +79,6 @@
                libx265-dev,
                libxml2-dev (>= 2.8),
                libxvidcore-dev,
-               libzbar-dev (>= 0.9),
                libzvbi-dev,
                nettle-dev,
                pkg-config (>= 0.11.0)
@@ -186,8 +176,6 @@
          libgstreamer-plugins-bad1.0-0 (= ${binary:Version}),
          libgstreamer1.0-dev,
          libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-dev,
-         gir1.2-gst-plugins-bad-1.0 (= ${binary:Version}),
-         libopencv-dev (>= 2.3.0)
 Description: GStreamer development files for libraries from the "bad" set
  GStreamer is a streaming media framework, based on graphs of filters
  which operate on media data.  Applications using this library can do
@@ -203,28 +191,3 @@
  .
  This package contains development files for GStreamer libraries from the
  "bad" set. The API is not guaranteed to be stable.
-
-Package: gir1.2-gst-plugins-bad-1.0
-Section: introspection
-Architecture: any
-Depends: ${gir:Depends},
-         ${shlibs:Depends},
-         ${misc:Depends},
-         ${gir:Depends}
-Description: GObject introspection data for the GStreamer libraries from the "bad" set
- GStreamer is a streaming media framework, based on graphs of filters
- which operate on media data.  Applications using this library can do
- anything from real-time sound processing to playing videos, and just
- about anything else media-related.  Its plugin-based architecture means
- that new data types or processing capabilities can be added simply by
- installing new plug-ins.
- .
- GStreamer Bad Plug-ins is a set of plug-ins that aren't up to par compared
- to the rest. They might be close to being good quality, but they're missing
- something - be it a good code review, some documentation, a set of tests, a
- real live maintainer, or some actual wide use.
- .
- This package contains introspection data for the GStreamer libraries from
- the "bad" set. It can be used by packages using the GIRepository format to
- generate dynamic bindings.
-
diff --git a/debian/gir1.2-gst-plugins-bad.install b/debian/gir1.2-gst-plugins-bad.install
deleted file mode 100644
index 9803e33..0000000
--- a/debian/gir1.2-gst-plugins-bad.install
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-debian/tmp/usr/lib/*/girepository-* usr/lib
diff --git a/debian/gstreamer-plugins-bad-doc.install b/debian/gstreamer-plugins-bad-doc.install
deleted file mode 100644
index 133e6a2..0000000
--- a/debian/gstreamer-plugins-bad-doc.install
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-debian/tmp/usr/share/gtk-doc
diff --git a/debian/gstreamer-plugins-bad.install b/debian/gstreamer-plugins-bad.install
index 80dd8a5..e61714f 100644
--- a/debian/gstreamer-plugins-bad.install
+++ b/debian/gstreamer-plugins-bad.install
@@ -49,22 +49,18 @@
 debian/tmp/usr/lib/*/gstreamer-@GST_ABI@/libgstjp2kdecimator.so
 debian/tmp/usr/lib/*/gstreamer-@GST_ABI@/libgstladspa.so
 debian/tmp/usr/lib/*/gstreamer-@GST_ABI@/libgstlibde265.so
-debian/tmp/usr/lib/*/gstreamer-@GST_ABI@/libgstlv2.so
 debian/tmp/usr/lib/*/gstreamer-@GST_ABI@/libgstmidi.so
 debian/tmp/usr/lib/*/gstreamer-@GST_ABI@/libgstmms.so
 debian/tmp/usr/lib/*/gstreamer-@GST_ABI@/libgstmodplug.so
-debian/tmp/usr/lib/*/gstreamer-@GST_ABI@/libgstmpeg2enc.so
 debian/tmp/usr/lib/*/gstreamer-@GST_ABI@/libgstmpegpsdemux.so
 debian/tmp/usr/lib/*/gstreamer-@GST_ABI@/libgstmpegtsdemux.so
 debian/tmp/usr/lib/*/gstreamer-@GST_ABI@/libgstmpegpsmux.so
 debian/tmp/usr/lib/*/gstreamer-@GST_ABI@/libgstmpegtsmux.so
-debian/tmp/usr/lib/*/gstreamer-@GST_ABI@/libgstmplex.so
 debian/tmp/usr/lib/*/gstreamer-@GST_ABI@/libgstmusepack.so
 debian/tmp/usr/lib/*/gstreamer-@GST_ABI@/libgstmxf.so
 debian/tmp/usr/lib/*/gstreamer-@GST_ABI@/libgstnetsim.so
 debian/tmp/usr/lib/*/gstreamer-@GST_ABI@/libgstofa.so
 debian/tmp/usr/lib/*/gstreamer-@GST_ABI@/libgstopenal.so
-debian/tmp/usr/lib/*/gstreamer-@GST_ABI@/libgstopencv.so
 debian/tmp/usr/lib/*/gstreamer-@GST_ABI@/libgstopengl.so
 debian/tmp/usr/lib/*/gstreamer-@GST_ABI@/libgstopenexr.so
 debian/tmp/usr/lib/*/gstreamer-@GST_ABI@/libgstopenjpeg.so
@@ -105,7 +101,6 @@
 debian/tmp/usr/lib/*/gstreamer-@GST_ABI@/libgstx265.so
 debian/tmp/usr/lib/*/gstreamer-@GST_ABI@/libgsty4mdec.so
 debian/tmp/usr/lib/*/gstreamer-@GST_ABI@/libgstyadif.so
-debian/tmp/usr/lib/*/gstreamer-@GST_ABI@/libgstzbar.so
 debian/tmp/usr/share/locale
 debian/tmp/usr/share/gstreamer-@GST_ABI@/presets/
 @dvb@
diff --git a/debian/libgstreamer-plugins-bad-dev.install b/debian/libgstreamer-plugins-bad-dev.install
index 0f20b1e..163b18c 100644
--- a/debian/libgstreamer-plugins-bad-dev.install
+++ b/debian/libgstreamer-plugins-bad-dev.install
@@ -2,4 +2,3 @@
 debian/tmp/usr/lib/*/gstreamer-1.0/include
 debian/tmp/usr/lib/*/pkgconfig
 debian/tmp/usr/lib/*/*.so
-debian/tmp/usr/share/gir-*
diff --git a/debian/libgstreamer-plugins-bad.install b/debian/libgstreamer-plugins-bad.install
index 6813f0f..39a9bb8 100644
--- a/debian/libgstreamer-plugins-bad.install
+++ b/debian/libgstreamer-plugins-bad.install
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 debian/tmp/usr/lib/*/libgstinsertbin-@GST_ABI@.so.*
 debian/tmp/usr/lib/*/libgstcodecparsers-@GST_ABI@.so.*
 debian/tmp/usr/lib/*/libgstmpegts-@GST_ABI@.so.*
-debian/tmp/usr/lib/*/libgstopencv-@GST_ABI@.so.*
 debian/tmp/usr/lib/*/libgstplayer-@GST_ABI@.so.*
 debian/tmp/usr/lib/*/libgsturidownloader-@GST_ABI@.so.*
 @wayland@
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 458d1bf..50da3b8 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -86,7 +86,6 @@
 dc1394 = debian/tmp/usr/lib/$(DEB_HOST_MULTIARCH)/gstreamer-$(gst_abi)/libgstdc1394.so
 decklink = debian/tmp/usr/lib/$(DEB_HOST_MULTIARCH)/gstreamer-$(gst_abi)/libgstdecklink.so
 linsys = debian/tmp/usr/lib/$(DEB_HOST_MULTIARCH)/gstreamer-$(gst_abi)/libgstlinsys.so
-uvch264 = debian/tmp/usr/lib/$(DEB_HOST_MULTIARCH)/gstreamer-$(gst_abi)/libgstuvch264.so
 bluez = debian/tmp/usr/lib/$(DEB_HOST_MULTIARCH)/gstreamer-$(gst_abi)/libgstbluez.so
 sbc = debian/tmp/usr/lib/$(DEB_HOST_MULTIARCH)/gstreamer-$(gst_abi)/libgstsbc.so
 waylandsink = debian/tmp/usr/lib/$(DEB_HOST_MULTIARCH)/gstreamer-$(gst_abi)/libgstwaylandsink.so
@@ -145,8 +144,6 @@
 			> debian/libgstreamer-plugins-bad$(gst_deb_abi).install
 	sed 's/@GST_ABI@/$(gst_abi)/g' debian/libgstreamer-plugins-bad-dev.install \
 			> debian/libgstreamer-plugins-bad$(gst_abi)-dev.install
-	cp debian/gir1.2-gst-plugins-bad.install \
-			debian/gir1.2-gst-plugins-bad-$(gst_abi).install
 
 maint: debian/control
 
@@ -156,12 +153,9 @@
 	--enable-DEBUG \
 	--enable-debug \
 	--with-package-name=$(GST_PACKAGE_NAME) \
-	--disable-pvr
-
-# only build the docs on arches which can
-#ifeq (,$(findstring $(DEB_HOST_ARCH),m68k arm))
-#DEB_CONFIGURE_EXTRA_FLAGS += --enable-gtk-doc
-#endif
+	--disable-pvr \
+	--disable-mpeg2enc \
+	--disable-mplex\
 
 common-binary-fixup-arch::
 	LD_LIBRARY_PATH=debian/libgstreamer-plugins-bad1.0-0/usr/lib/$(DEB_HOST_MULTIARCH):$(LD_LIBRARY_PATH) \