diff --git a/changelog b/changelog
index 8180bbc..338b183 100644
--- a/changelog
+++ b/changelog
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-libreoffice (1:4.0.4-1) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
+libreoffice (1:4.0.4-1) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * new upstream release
 
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ libreoffice (1:4.0.4-1) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
     - enable graphite2 on all archs now that it's fixed on armel/sparc
     - use OpenJDK 7 on everything - except on mips* (stay with 6) and
       kfreebsd-* (stay with gcj)
+    - enable binutils (>= 2.23) build-dep on mips(el) now it's in unstable
   * debian/control:
     - regenerate; uses libservlet3.0-java instead of libservlet2.5-java now
     - fix -dbg suggests: s/python/$(PYTHON)/. to suggest python3.3-dbg
diff --git a/control b/control
index cf4654f..8bfecef 100644
--- a/control
+++ b/control
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ Build-Depends: ant (>= 1.7.0),
                autoconf,
                automake,
                bc,
+               binutils (>= 2.23) [mips mipsel],
                bison,
                bzip2,
                cpp-4.7,
@@ -4448,6 +4449,7 @@ Depends: ant (>= 1.7.0),
          autoconf,
          automake,
          bc,
+         binutils,
          bison,
          bsh (>= 2.0b4),
          bzip2,
diff --git a/patches/series b/patches/series
index 91920a9..dbb000c 100644
--- a/patches/series
+++ b/patches/series
@@ -29,6 +29,5 @@ dont-touch-urd.diff
 system-psql-no-krb5-gssapi-check.diff
 wheezy-backports-python.diff
 fix-internal-hsqldb-build.diff
-uno-executables-link-to-xmlreader.diff
 fix-kk-in-lo-xlate-lang.diff
 fdo-65882-fix-sw-unoapi-on-exit.diff
diff --git a/rules b/rules
index 55c807e..90de4d6 100755
--- a/rules
+++ b/rules
@@ -518,13 +518,11 @@ OOO_NSPLUGIN_ARCHS=
 endif
 $(eval $(call gen_no_archs,OOO_NSPLUGIN_ARCHS))
 
-# see uno-executables-link-to-xmlreader.diff. That workaround is not needed
-# with said binutils. Thanks Aurelien Jarno for the hint.
-#ifneq "$(WHEEZY_BACKPORT)" "y"
-#  ifneq (,$(findstring mips, $(OOO_ARCHS)))
-#BUILD_DEPS += , binutils (>= 2.23) [mips mipsel]
-#  endif
-#endif
+ifneq "$(WHEEZY_BACKPORT)" "y"
+  ifneq (,$(findstring mips, $(OOO_ARCHS)))
+BUILD_DEPS += , binutils (>= 2.23) [mips mipsel]
+  endif
+endif
 
 #############
 # Distro-specific overrides
