diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 6da2617c5..e3cd682d6 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ linux (4.16-1~exp2) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
   [ Vagrant Cascadian ]
   * [arm64] Add patches to support SATA on Tegra210/Jetson-TX1.
 
+  [ James Clarke ]
+  * [ia64] Drop nic-modules Depends overrides (fixes FTBFS)
+
  -- Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>  Sun, 08 Apr 2018 19:03:49 +0100
 
 linux (4.16-1~exp1) experimental; urgency=medium
diff --git a/debian/installer/ia64/package-list b/debian/installer/ia64/package-list
index fd1dc0020..3c34246cb 100644
--- a/debian/installer/ia64/package-list
+++ b/debian/installer/ia64/package-list
@@ -21,9 +21,6 @@ Description: IDE drivers
 Package: cdrom-core-modules
 Depends: kernel-image, scsi-core-modules, ide-modules, isofs-modules
 
-Package: nic-modules
-Depends: kernel-image, nic-shared-modules, core-modules, crc-modules
-
 Package: serial-modules
 Depends: kernel-image, pcmcia-modules, sn-modules