diff --git a/rosdep/base.yaml b/rosdep/base.yaml
index 095580d038332..6ce9a002fd518 100644
--- a/rosdep/base.yaml
+++ b/rosdep/base.yaml
@@ -7835,10 +7835,8 @@ wx-common:
 wxwidgets:
   arch: [wxgtk]
   debian:
+    '*': [libwxgtk3.0-gtk3-dev]
     buster: [libwxgtk3.0-dev]
-    jessie: [libwxgtk3.0-dev]
-    stretch: [libwxgtk3.0-dev]
-    wheezy: [libwxgtk2.8-dev]
   fedora: [wxGTK3-devel]
   freebsd: [wxgtk2]
   gentoo: [x11-libs/wxGTK]
@@ -7850,24 +7848,9 @@ wxwidgets:
     '*': [wxGTK3-devel]
     '7': [wxGTK-devel]
   ubuntu:
-    artful: [libwxgtk3.0-dev]
+    '*': [libwxgtk3.0-gtk3-dev]
     bionic: [libwxgtk3.0-dev]
-    focal: [libwxgtk3.0-gtk3-dev]
-    lucid: [libwxgtk2.8-dev]
-    maverick: [libwxgtk2.8-dev]
-    natty: [libwxgtk2.8-dev]
-    oneiric: [libwxgtk2.8-dev]
-    precise: [libwxgtk2.8-dev]
-    quantal: [libwxgtk2.8-dev]
-    raring: [libwxgtk2.8-dev]
-    saucy: [libwxgtk2.8-dev]
-    trusty: [libwxgtk2.8-dev]
-    utopic: [libwxgtk2.8-dev]
-    vivid: [libwxgtk2.8-dev]
-    wily: [libwxgtk2.8-dev]
     xenial: [libwxgtk3.0-dev]
-    yakkety: [libwxgtk3.0-dev]
-    zesty: [libwxgtk3.0-dev]
 x11proto-dri2-dev:
   arch: [dri2proto]
   debian: [x11proto-dri2-dev]