diff -Nru pidgin-2.10.12/debian/changelog pidgin-2.10.12/debian/changelog
--- pidgin-2.10.12/debian/changelog	2016-02-25 00:24:47.000000000 +0100
+++ pidgin-2.10.12/debian/changelog	2016-03-02 21:43:56.000000000 +0100
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+pidgin (1:2.10.12-0ubuntu3) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
+
+  * debian/pidgin*.install
+   - Don't install gconf schemas to avoid depends on gconf (LP: #1550896).
+
+ -- Julien Lavergne <gilir@ubuntu.com>  Sun, 28 Feb 2016 10:40:34 +0100
+
 pidgin (1:2.10.12-0ubuntu2) xenial; urgency=medium
 
   * Move the libpurple* library files into the multiarch libdir. Adding the
diff -Nru pidgin-2.10.12/debian/pidgin.install pidgin-2.10.12/debian/pidgin.install
--- pidgin-2.10.12/debian/pidgin.install	2016-02-23 11:09:30.000000000 +0100
+++ pidgin-2.10.12/debian/pidgin.install	2016-02-28 10:40:19.000000000 +0100
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-debian/tmp/etc/gconf
 debian/tmp/usr/bin/pidgin
 debian/tmp/usr/lib/pidgin
 debian/tmp/usr/share/applications