diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 75403662..d67e8067 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ kali-themes (2019.4.8) kali-experimental; urgency=medium
     even when /usr/share/ is not available.
   * Fix path to grub backgrounds in update-alternatives calls
   * Use dark theme by default in GNOME too
+  * Drop the "Provides: desktop-base" on kali-desktop-base so that we can
+    still force the installation of desktop-base with a Depends on it.
 
  -- Raphaël Hertzog <raphael@offensive-security.com>  Thu, 07 Nov 2019 10:57:41 +0100
 
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 34e7827b..f7548370 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ Package: kali-desktop-base
 Architecture: all
 Depends: kali-themes-common (= ${source:Version}),
  ${misc:Depends}
-Provides: desktop-base (= 10.0.3+kali3)
 Description: Kali version of Debian's desktop-base package
  This empty package provides hooks into the various alternatives defined by
  Debian's desktop-base to provide consistent Kali branding through the whole