diff -Nru mnemosyne-2.2.1/debian/changelog mnemosyne-2.2.1/debian/changelog
--- mnemosyne-2.2.1/debian/changelog	2013-06-07 12:29:23.000000000 +0000
+++ mnemosyne-2.2.1/debian/changelog	2013-12-19 14:19:08.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+mnemosyne (2.2.1-1+rpi1) jessie-staging; urgency=medium
+
+  * Drop libicu48 dependency, it blocks a transition and is probablly bogus.
+
+ -- Peter Michael Green <plugwash@raspbian.org>  Thu, 19 Dec 2013 14:18:44 +0000
+
 mnemosyne (2.2.1-1) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * New upstream release (closes: #683688)
diff -Nru mnemosyne-2.2.1/debian/control mnemosyne-2.2.1/debian/control
--- mnemosyne-2.2.1/debian/control	2012-06-19 13:16:58.000000000 +0000
+++ mnemosyne-2.2.1/debian/control	2013-12-19 14:18:20.000000000 +0000
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 Package: mnemosyne
 Architecture: all
 Depends: python, python-qt4, python-qt4-sql, python-matplotlib, 
-    python-cherrypy3, libicu48, libqt4-sql-sqlite
+    python-cherrypy3, libqt4-sql-sqlite
 Description: spaced repetition flash-card program
  The Mnemosyne software resembles a traditional flash-card program to help you
  memorise question/answer pairs, but with an important twist: it uses a