diff --git a/meta/conf/bitbake.conf b/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
index 0d6b3b8..a0d7cea 100644
--- a/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
+++ b/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
@@ -146,18 +146,13 @@ DATETIME = "${DATE}${TIME}"
 
 # python-native should be here but python relies on building 
 # its own in staging
-# mercurial-native is required to pull mercurial repositories (hg://...)
-# we don't have it yet in the recipies so let's assume it's provided by
-# the underlying OS
 ASSUME_PROVIDED = "\
     bzip2-native \
-    cvs-native \
     grep-native \
     diffstat-native \
     patch-native \
     perl-native-runtime \
     python-native-runtime \
-    svn-native \
     tar-native \
     texinfo-native \
     virtual/libintl-native \