diff --git a/scripts/dpkg/experimental-control.in b/scripts/dpkg/experimental-control.in
index 7b9c8016cffcc7ad9e3d7c1b5039cdffd011fd3e..12699e78c227aef278ede9d0057eda795b210fd2 100644
--- a/scripts/dpkg/experimental-control.in
+++ b/scripts/dpkg/experimental-control.in
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@ Version: @VERSION@
 Architecture: @ARCH@
 Maintainer: @MAINT@
 Description: The Octez experimental binaries
-Depends: @DPKG@-baker (>=@VERSION@), @DEPENDS@
+Depends: @DEPENDS@
diff --git a/scripts/rpm/experimental-spec.in b/scripts/rpm/experimental-spec.in
index 36ace9cc1afcf94b74575f9c9bf56888d9ae9012..dc1abfc4b14b655509d503136aa94202f7a765f7 100644
--- a/scripts/rpm/experimental-spec.in
+++ b/scripts/rpm/experimental-spec.in
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ Packager:       @MAINT@
 License:	MIT
 URL:		http://tezos.gitlab.io
 
-Requires:	@DPKG@-baker
+Requires:	
 Source0:	@FAKESRC@
 
 %prep