diff --git a/recipes/demos/sdl2-gears/recipe.toml b/recipes/demos/sdl2-gears/recipe.toml
index 7c582e986..bbe89f0ec 100644
--- a/recipes/demos/sdl2-gears/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/demos/sdl2-gears/recipe.toml
@@ -4,16 +4,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "sdl2-image",
     "sdl2-mixer",
     "sdl2-ttf",
-    "sdl2",
-    "liborbital",
     "llvm18",
-    "mesa",
-    "freetype2",
-    "libjpeg",
-    "libpng",
-    "libogg",
-    "libvorbis",
-    "zlib"
 ]
 script = """
 DYNAMIC_INIT
diff --git a/recipes/tools/cosmic-files/recipe.toml b/recipes/tools/cosmic-files/recipe.toml
index 49e96c33d..f62a4eac3 100644
--- a/recipes/tools/cosmic-files/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/tools/cosmic-files/recipe.toml
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ branch = "master"
 template = "custom"
 dependencies = [
     "gettext",
-    "libiconv",
     "libxkbcommon",
 ]
 script = """
diff --git a/src/cook/cook_build.rs b/src/cook/cook_build.rs
index 28e6b4908..27827a21d 100644
--- a/src/cook/cook_build.rs
+++ b/src/cook/cook_build.rs
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ fn auto_deps_from_dynamic_linking(
 fn auto_deps_from_static_package_deps(
     build_dep_pkgars: &BTreeSet<(PackageName, PathBuf)>,
     dynamic_dep_pkgars: &BTreeSet<PackageName>,
-) -> Result<(BTreeSet<PackageName>, Vec<PackageName>), PackageError> {
+) -> Result<BTreeSet<PackageName>, PackageError> {
     let static_dep_pkgars: Vec<PackageName> = build_dep_pkgars
         .iter()
         .map(|x| x.0.clone())
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ fn auto_deps_from_static_package_deps(
         .collect();
     let pkgs = CookRecipe::get_package_deps_recursive(&static_dep_pkgars, false)?;
 
-    Ok((pkgs.into_iter().collect(), static_dep_pkgars))
+    Ok(pkgs.into_iter().collect())
 }
 
 pub fn build(
@@ -394,26 +394,10 @@ fn build_auto_deps(
     } else {
         let mut dynamic_deps = auto_deps_from_dynamic_linking(stage_dir, &dep_pkgars, logger);
         dep_pkgars.retain(|x| recipe.build.dependencies.contains(&x.0));
-        let (package_deps, static_deps) =
+        let package_deps =
             auto_deps_from_static_package_deps(&dep_pkgars, &dynamic_deps).unwrap_or_default();
         dynamic_deps.extend(package_deps);
 
-        // if auto_deps working, all build deps should be linked as auto_deps, otherwise:
-        // 1. it's weakly linked, which should be mentioned as package deps
-        // 2. it's not our direct ELF dependencies, which should be removed from build deps
-        // 3. only needed for build purpose, which should be moved to dev build deps
-        if dynamic_deps.len() > 0 && static_deps.len() > 0 {
-            for dep in &static_deps {
-                if !recipe.package.dependencies.contains(dep) {
-                    log_to_pty!(
-                        logger,
-                        "WARNING: build deps {} is not linked in auto_deps",
-                        dep.as_str()
-                    );
-                }
-            }
-        }
-
         let wrapper = AutoDeps {
             packages: dynamic_deps,
         };