diff --git a/components/engine/hack/make/ubuntu b/components/engine/hack/make/ubuntu
index 23af0ff7e0..65f6b7e273 100644
--- a/components/engine/hack/make/ubuntu
+++ b/components/engine/hack/make/ubuntu
@@ -112,9 +112,8 @@ EOF
 		    --after-remove /tmp/postrm \
 		    --architecture "$PACKAGE_ARCHITECTURE" \
 		    --prefix / \
-		    --depends lxc \
-		    --depends aufs-tools \
 		    --depends iptables \
+		    --deb-recommends aufs-tools \
 		    --deb-recommends ca-certificates \
 		    --deb-recommends xz-utils \
 		    --description "$PACKAGE_DESCRIPTION" \