diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 856e1f00e6..6fe611b386 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ gtk+3.0 (3.22.26-1) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
   * Rebase patches
   * Update symbols file for libgtk-3-0
   * Bump Standards-Version to 4.1.1
+  * Drop no longer needed Breaks/Replaces
 
  -- Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org>  Sun, 29 Oct 2017 19:32:09 +0000
 
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 3a39e44e6a..6f7ff5799c 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -69,8 +69,6 @@ Provides: gtk3-binver-3.0.0
 Recommends: libgtk-3-bin
 Suggests: librsvg2-common,
           gvfs
-Breaks: gnome-themes-standard (<< 3.6),
-        gtk3-engines-oxygen (<< 1.4.1-3)
 Pre-Depends: ${misc:Pre-Depends}
 Description: GTK+ graphical user interface library
  GTK+ is a multi-platform toolkit for creating graphical user
@@ -104,8 +102,6 @@ Architecture: all
 Multi-Arch: foreign
 Depends: ${misc:Depends}
 Recommends: libgtk-3-0
-Breaks: libgtk-3-0 (<< 3.5.4)
-Replaces: libgtk-3-0 (<< 3.5.4)
 Description: common files for the GTK+ graphical user interface library
  GTK+ is a multi-platform toolkit for creating graphical user
  interfaces. Offering a complete set of widgets, GTK+ is suitable
@@ -196,8 +192,6 @@ Architecture: any
 Depends: ${shlibs:Depends},
          ${misc:Depends},
          libgtk-3-0 (= ${binary:Version})
-Breaks: libgtk-3-common (<< 3.5.4)
-Replaces: libgtk-3-common (<< 3.5.4)
 Description: example files for GTK+ 3
  GTK+ is a multi-platform toolkit for creating graphical user
  interfaces. Offering a complete set of widgets, GTK+ is suitable
diff --git a/debian/control.in b/debian/control.in
index 6c3e5e7ba4..4f40899b79 100644
--- a/debian/control.in
+++ b/debian/control.in
@@ -69,8 +69,6 @@ Provides: @GTK_BINVER_DEP@
 Recommends: @BIN_PKG@
 Suggests: librsvg2-common,
           gvfs
-Breaks: gnome-themes-standard (<< 3.6),
-        gtk3-engines-oxygen (<< 1.4.1-3)
 Pre-Depends: ${misc:Pre-Depends}
 Description: GTK+ graphical user interface library
  GTK+ is a multi-platform toolkit for creating graphical user
@@ -104,8 +102,6 @@ Architecture: all
 Multi-Arch: foreign
 Depends: ${misc:Depends}
 Recommends: @SHARED_PKG@
-Breaks: @SHARED_PKG@ (<< 3.5.4)
-Replaces: @SHARED_PKG@ (<< 3.5.4)
 Description: common files for the GTK+ graphical user interface library
  GTK+ is a multi-platform toolkit for creating graphical user
  interfaces. Offering a complete set of widgets, GTK+ is suitable
@@ -196,8 +192,6 @@ Architecture: any
 Depends: ${shlibs:Depends},
          ${misc:Depends},
          @SHARED_PKG@ (= ${binary:Version})
-Breaks: @COMMON_PKG@ (<< 3.5.4)
-Replaces: @COMMON_PKG@ (<< 3.5.4)
 Description: example files for GTK+ 3
  GTK+ is a multi-platform toolkit for creating graphical user
  interfaces. Offering a complete set of widgets, GTK+ is suitable