diff --git a/conf/distro/angstrom.conf b/conf/distro/angstrom.conf
index 039821e..22f7e86 100644
--- a/conf/distro/angstrom.conf
+++ b/conf/distro/angstrom.conf
@@ -61,8 +61,6 @@ PNBLACKLIST[pn-fso-apm]       = "regular apmd is good enough"
 PNBLACKLIST[gconf-dbus]        = "gconf-dbus has been merged back into main GConf"
 PNBLACKLIST[gconf-dbus-native] = "gconf-dbus has been merged back into main GConf"
 
-# Define splash before it gets set to empty in angstrom-core-tweaks.inc:
-SPLASH ?= ' ${@bb.utils.contains("MACHINE_FEATURES", "screen", "dietsplash", "",d)}'
 require conf/distro/include/angstrom.inc
 
 # Prefer openssh over dropbear
@@ -70,14 +68,13 @@ TASK_BASIC_SSHDAEMON = "openssh-ssh openssh-sshd openssh-scp openssh-sftp openss
 
 # Toolchain virtuals:
 require conf/distro/include/toolchain-${TOOLCHAIN_TYPE}.inc
+
 # Processor specific tunes like hard float ABI
 include conf/distro/include/${TARGET_ARCH}-defaults.inc
-# Set DISTRO_FEED_CONFIGS to our config var, assigned in the above .inc
-DISTRO_FEED_CONFIGS = "${ANGSTROM_FEED_CONFIGS}"
 
 # If we're using an .ipk based rootfs, we want to have opkg installed so postinst script can run
-# We also take this opportunity to inject angstrom-version and the feed configs into the rootfs
-IPKG_VARIANT = "opkg angstrom-version ${ANGSTROM_FEED_CONFIGS}"
+# We also take this opportunity to inject angstrom-version
+IPKG_VARIANT = "opkg angstrom-version"
 
 # Select xserver-xorg as default, since kdrive has been EOL'ed
 XSERVER ?= "xserver-xorg xf86-input-evdev xf86-input-keyboard xf86-input-mouse xf86-video-fbdev"
@@ -95,17 +92,11 @@ DISTRO_BLUETOOTH_MANAGER = "\
 DEBUG_APPS ?= ""
 DEBUG_APPS += '${@oe.utils.conditional("DISTRO_TYPE", "release", "", "strace procps",d)}'
 
-# This hooks into packagegroup-base, so it won't do anything if your images doesn't include packagegroup-base.
-# angstrom-version: ship this to have an identifiable rootfs so user can report bugs against a specific version
-# ANGSTROM_FEED_CONFIGS: configfiles for the online feeds
 # util-linux-mount util-linux-umount: busybox mount is broken
-# angstrom-libc-fixup-hack: fixes an obscure bug with libc.so symlink
-DISTRO_EXTRA_RDEPENDS += "\
+DISTRO_EXTRA_RDEPENDS += " \
     angstrom-version \
-    ${ANGSTROM_FEED_CONFIGS} \
     util-linux-mount util-linux-umount \
-    angstrom-libc-fixup-hack \
-    "
+"
 
 # This also hooks into packagegroup-base, but isn't mandatory.
 # If you don't want parts of this in your packagegroup-base using images you can put this in the image recipe: