diff --git a/Changes b/Changes
index efbb38ccf..f64e3bdda 100644
--- a/Changes
+++ b/Changes
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 Revision history for DBIx::Class
 
+        - remove the recommends from Makefile.PL, DBIx::Class is not
+          supposed to have optional dependencies. ever.
+        - mangle the DBIx/Class.pm POD to be more clear about
+          copyright and license
         - Change ResultSetColumn->reset() to no longer return $self, which
           fixes an issue with using Cursor::Cached and ResultSetColumn
           together.
diff --git a/Makefile.PL b/Makefile.PL
index adbd004c3..de16db014 100644
--- a/Makefile.PL
+++ b/Makefile.PL
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ use POSIX ();
 
 use 5.006001; # delete this line if you want to send patches for earlier.
 
+# ****** DO NOT ADD OPTIONAL DEPENDENCIES. EVER. --mst ******
+
 name     'DBIx-Class';
 perl_version '5.006001';
 all_from 'lib/DBIx/Class.pm';
@@ -52,11 +54,6 @@ my %replication_requires = (
   'Hash::Merge',              => '0.11',
 );
 
-# when changing also adjust $DBIx::Class::minimum_sqlt_version
-my $sqlt_recommends = '0.11002';
-
-recommends 'SQL::Translator'  => $sqlt_recommends;
-
 my %force_requires_if_author = (
   %replication_requires,