diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 36f8f07..c010706 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@ Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 10),
                libgtk2.0-dev,
                libpng-dev,
                pkg-config
-Build-Depends-Indep: texlive-fonts-recommended,
-                     texlive-latex-base,
-                     texlive-latex-extra
+# Build-Depends-Indep: texlive-fonts-recommended,
+#                      texlive-latex-base,
+#                      texlive-latex-extra
 Standards-Version: 3.9.8
 Vcs-Browser: https://anonscm.debian.org/git/pkg-opt-media/dvdisaster.git
 Vcs-Git: https://anonscm.debian.org/git/pkg-opt-media/dvdisaster.git
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index e85d840..df2b292 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -35,8 +35,17 @@ override_dh_clean:
 override_dh_auto_build-arch:
 	make all
 
+# For the time being, we'll just package the upstream-generated
+# manual.pdf, since we can't build the PDF reproducibly ourselves.
+# The reason we can't is most probably due to the fact that the
+# LaTeX document embeds other PDF documents and PNG images.
+# Although we are able to reproduce the PDF's creation and mod
+# dates, as well as its PDF IDs, the stream elements representing
+# the embedded images are always what seem to differ each time we
+# try to generate the PDF.
 override_dh_auto_build-indep:
-	make manual
+	# make manual
+	true
 
 override_dh_auto_install-arch:
 	dh_auto_install -a -- BUILDROOT=$(CURDIR)/debian/tmp