diff -Nru phonon-backend-vlc-0.8.2/debian/changelog phonon-backend-vlc-0.8.2/debian/changelog
--- phonon-backend-vlc-0.8.2/debian/changelog	2014-12-12 11:15:57.000000000 -0500
+++ phonon-backend-vlc-0.8.2/debian/changelog	2015-10-30 06:38:24.000000000 -0400
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+phonon-backend-vlc (0.8.2-1ubuntu2) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
+
+  * Remove dependency on transitional package "vlc-plugin-pulse".
+    - The pulseaudio output functionality is now integrated into
+      the core "vlc" package, so depending on that is adequate.
+
+ -- Michael Marley <michael@michaelmarley.com>  Fri, 30 Oct 2015 06:35:48 -0400
+
 phonon-backend-vlc (0.8.2-1ubuntu1) vivid; urgency=medium
 
   * New upstream release
diff -Nru phonon-backend-vlc-0.8.2/debian/control phonon-backend-vlc-0.8.2/debian/control
--- phonon-backend-vlc-0.8.2/debian/control	2014-12-12 11:26:55.000000000 -0500
+++ phonon-backend-vlc-0.8.2/debian/control	2015-10-30 06:35:35.000000000 -0400
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 Architecture: any
 Multi-Arch: same
 Pre-Depends: ${misc:Pre-Depends}
-Depends: vlc-nox, vlc-plugin-pulse, ${misc:Depends}, ${shlibs:Depends}
+Depends: vlc-nox, ${misc:Depends}, ${shlibs:Depends}
 Recommends: vlc
 Provides: phonon-backend
 Description: Phonon VLC backend
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
 Architecture: any
 Multi-Arch: same
 Pre-Depends: ${misc:Pre-Depends}
-Depends: vlc-nox, vlc-plugin-pulse, ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}
+Depends: vlc-nox, ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}
 Recommends: vlc
 Provides: phonon4qt5-backend
 Description: Phonon4Qt5 VLC backend