diff --git a/simple-cdd/profiles/offline.downloads b/simple-cdd/profiles/offline.downloads
index 0caad6b..935d2b2 100644
--- a/simple-cdd/profiles/offline.downloads
+++ b/simple-cdd/profiles/offline.downloads
@@ -11,9 +11,3 @@ xserver-xorg-video-vmware
 # Ensure unrar is available, otherwise the "unrar | unar" dependency
 # in kali-linux-headless ends up satisfied by the unar alternative
 unrar
-# Ensure pipewire-pulse is available so that when wireplumber gets
-# installed it can pull it as a recommends
-pipewire-pulse
-# Ensure speech-dispatcher recommends are available
-sound-icons
-speech-dispatcher-espeak-ng