diff --git a/app-arch/tar/tar-1.28.recipe b/app-arch/tar/tar-1.28.recipe
index 7967c8c89..0e20ae8d7 100644
--- a/app-arch/tar/tar-1.28.recipe
+++ b/app-arch/tar/tar-1.28.recipe
@@ -24,10 +24,10 @@ PROVIDES="
 	cmd:tar = $portVersion compat >= 1
 	"
 REQUIRES="
-	haiku >= $haikuVersion
+	haiku
 	"
 BUILD_REQUIRES="
-	haiku_devel >= $haikuVersion
+	haiku_devel
 	"
 BUILD_PREREQUIRES="
 	cmd:automake
diff --git a/dev-lang/python/python-2.7.10.recipe b/dev-lang/python/python-2.7.10.recipe
index aad416d36..39c6a4a70 100644
--- a/dev-lang/python/python-2.7.10.recipe
+++ b/dev-lang/python/python-2.7.10.recipe
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ PROVIDES="
 	lib:libpython2.7 = 1.0
 	"
 REQUIRES="
-	haiku >= $haikuVersion
+	haiku
 	lib:libbz2
 	lib:libncurses
 	lib:libssl
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ BUILD_REQUIRES="
 	devel:libz
 	"
 BUILD_PREREQUIRES="
-	haiku_devel >= $haikuVersion
+	haiku_devel
 	cmd:aclocal
 	cmd:autoconf
 	cmd:find
diff --git a/dev-lang/python/python-2.7.9.recipe b/dev-lang/python/python-2.7.9.recipe
index 8066c3692..7b70627c5 100644
--- a/dev-lang/python/python-2.7.9.recipe
+++ b/dev-lang/python/python-2.7.9.recipe
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ PROVIDES="
 	lib:libpython2.7 = 1.0
 	"
 REQUIRES="
-	haiku >= $haikuVersion
+	haiku
 	lib:libbz2
 	lib:libncurses
 	lib:libssl
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ BUILD_REQUIRES="
 	devel:libz
 	"
 BUILD_PREREQUIRES="
-	haiku_devel >= $haikuVersion
+	haiku_devel
 	cmd:aclocal
 	cmd:autoconf
 	cmd:find
diff --git a/dev-lang/python/python3-3.4.3.recipe b/dev-lang/python/python3-3.4.3.recipe
index 99792b696..e91d63a7c 100644
--- a/dev-lang/python/python3-3.4.3.recipe
+++ b/dev-lang/python/python3-3.4.3.recipe
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ PROVIDES="
 	lib:libpython3 = 3.4
 	"
 REQUIRES="
-	haiku >= $haikuVersion
+	haiku
 	cmd:file
 	lib:libbz2
 	lib:libexpat
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ BUILD_REQUIRES="
 	devel:libz
 	"
 BUILD_PREREQUIRES="
-	haiku_devel >= $haikuVersion
+	haiku_devel
 	cmd:aclocal
 	cmd:autoconf
 	cmd:find
diff --git a/dev-lang/python/python3-3.5.0.recipe b/dev-lang/python/python3-3.5.0.recipe
index f34d01086..cbbf736b2 100644
--- a/dev-lang/python/python3-3.5.0.recipe
+++ b/dev-lang/python/python3-3.5.0.recipe
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ PROVIDES="
 	lib:libpython3 = 3.5
 	"
 REQUIRES="
-	haiku >= $haikuVersion
+	haiku
 	cmd:file
 	lib:libbz2
 	lib:libexpat
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ BUILD_REQUIRES="
 	devel:libz
 	"
 BUILD_PREREQUIRES="
-	haiku_devel >= $haikuVersion
+	haiku_devel
 	cmd:aclocal
 	cmd:autoconf
 	cmd:find
diff --git a/dev-libs/libnsutils/libnsutils-0.0.1.recipe b/dev-libs/libnsutils/libnsutils-0.0.1.recipe
index fa75c0e2f..15e6b36b9 100644
--- a/dev-libs/libnsutils/libnsutils-0.0.1.recipe
+++ b/dev-libs/libnsutils/libnsutils-0.0.1.recipe
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ PROVIDES_devel="
 "
 
 REQUIRES="
-	haiku >= $haikuVersion
+	haiku
 "
 
 BUILD_REQUIRES="
diff --git a/games-arcade/pachi/pachi-1.0.recipe b/games-arcade/pachi/pachi-1.0.recipe
index e7f84dfa6..34a313e29 100644
--- a/games-arcade/pachi/pachi-1.0.recipe
+++ b/games-arcade/pachi/pachi-1.0.recipe
@@ -17,14 +17,14 @@ PROVIDES="
 	app:pachi = $portVersion
 	"
 REQUIRES="
-	haiku >= $haikuVersion
+	haiku
 	lib:libsdl
 	lib:libsdl_image
 	lib:libsdl_mixer
 	"
 
 BUILD_REQUIRES="
-	haiku_devel >= $haikuVersion
+	haiku_devel
 	devel:libsdl
 	devel:libsdl_image
 	devel:libsdl_mixer
diff --git a/haiku-apps/betex/betex-20141221.recipe b/haiku-apps/betex/betex-20141221.recipe
index a6b6831b2..c9296ae2d 100644
--- a/haiku-apps/betex/betex-20141221.recipe
+++ b/haiku-apps/betex/betex-20141221.recipe
@@ -16,11 +16,11 @@ PROVIDES="
 	"
 
 REQUIRES="
-	haiku >= $haikuVersion
+	haiku
 	"
 
 BUILD_REQUIRES="
-	haiku_devel >= $haikuVersion
+	haiku_devel
 	"
 
 BUILD_PREREQUIRES="