Bug#988817:

["Limonciello, Mario" <Mario.Limonciello@amd.com>]

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> On Fri, Feb 18, 2022 at 08:16:00PM +0000, Limonciello, Mario wrote:
> > [Public]
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> > The package is present in Ubuntu (which shares the same source package as
> Debian).  So would prefer to keep it in place.
> 
> Just a thought, but couldn't you modify the build to dynamically add
> this relationship only when building on Ubuntu? Possibly using
> sustvars or a generated control file like qemu has?

I mean sure - but isn't it harmless to have an extra Recommends?
Do tools complain?