diff --git a/mods/ITEMS/mcl_beds/api.lua b/mods/ITEMS/mcl_beds/api.lua
index 9e4c8e04..944a259c 100644
--- a/mods/ITEMS/mcl_beds/api.lua
+++ b/mods/ITEMS/mcl_beds/api.lua
@@ -35,6 +35,11 @@ else
 	beddesc = beddesc .. "Going into bed seems to make time pass faster: The night will be skipped when you go sleep and you're alone in this world. If you're not alone, the night is skipped when all players in this world went to sleep."
 end
 
+local default_sounds
+if minetest.get_modpath("mcl_sounds") then
+	default_sounds = mcl_sounds.node_sound_wood_defaults()
+end
+
 function mcl_beds.register_bed(name, def)
 	local node_box_bottom, selection_box_bottom, collision_box_bottom
 	if def.nodebox and def.nodebox.bottom then
@@ -62,7 +67,7 @@ function mcl_beds.register_bed(name, def)
 		groups = {handy=1, flammable = 3, bed = 1, dig_by_piston=1, bouncy=66, fall_damage_add_percent=-50},
 		_mcl_hardness = 0.2,
 		_mcl_blast_resistance = 1,
-		sounds = def.sounds or mcl_sounds.node_sound_wood_defaults(),
+		sounds = def.sounds or default_sounds,
 		node_box = node_box_bottom,
 		selection_box = selection_box_bottom,
 		collision_box = collision_box_bottom,
@@ -184,7 +189,7 @@ function mcl_beds.register_bed(name, def)
 		groups = {handy = 1, flammable = 3, bed = 2, dig_by_piston=1, bouncy=33, fall_damage_add_percent=-50},
 		_mcl_hardness = 0.2,
 		_mcl_blast_resistance = 1,
-		sounds = def.sounds or mcl_sounds.node_sound_wood_defaults(),
+		sounds = def.sounds or default_sounds,
 		drop = name .. "_bottom",
 		node_box = node_box_top,
 		selection_box = selection_box_top,
@@ -201,10 +206,12 @@ function mcl_beds.register_bed(name, def)
 
 	minetest.register_alias(name, name .. "_bottom")
 
-	minetest.register_craft({
-		output = name,
-		recipe = def.recipe
-	})
+	if def.recipe then
+		minetest.register_craft({
+			output = name,
+			recipe = def.recipe
+		})
+	end
 
 	doc.add_entry_alias("nodes", name.."_bottom", "nodes", name.."_top")
 end
diff --git a/mods/ITEMS/mcl_beds/beds.lua b/mods/ITEMS/mcl_beds/beds.lua
index 4720121e..40deac70 100644
--- a/mods/ITEMS/mcl_beds/beds.lua
+++ b/mods/ITEMS/mcl_beds/beds.lua
@@ -37,11 +37,22 @@ for c=1, #colors do
 	local colorid = colors[c][1]
 
 	-- Recoloring recipe for white bed
-	minetest.register_craft({
-		type = "shapeless",
-		output = "mcl_beds:bed_"..colorid.."_bottom",
-		recipe = { "mcl_beds:bed_white_bottom", colors[c][4] },
-	})
+	if minetest.get_modpath("mcl_dye") then
+		minetest.register_craft({
+			type = "shapeless",
+			output = "mcl_beds:bed_"..colorid.."_bottom",
+			recipe = { "mcl_beds:bed_white_bottom", colors[c][4] },
+		})
+	end
+
+	-- Main bed recipe
+	local main_recipe
+	if minetest.get_modpath("mcl_wool") then
+		main_recipe = {
+			{colors[c][3], colors[c][3], colors[c][3]},
+			{"group:wood", "group:wood", "group:wood"}
+		}
+	end
 
 	-- Register bed
 	mcl_beds.register_bed("mcl_beds:bed_"..colorid, {
@@ -76,11 +87,7 @@ for c=1, #colors do
 			bottom = {-0.5, -0.5, -0.5, 0.5, 0.06, 0.5},
 			top = {-0.5, -0.5, -0.5, 0.5, 0.06, 0.5},
 		},
-		-- Main bed recipe
-		recipe = {
-			{colors[c][3], colors[c][3], colors[c][3]},
-			{"group:wood", "group:wood", "group:wood"}
-		},
+		recipe = main_recipe,
 	})
 
 end
diff --git a/mods/ITEMS/mcl_beds/depends.txt b/mods/ITEMS/mcl_beds/depends.txt
index 5e96060c..53f5b7c5 100644
--- a/mods/ITEMS/mcl_beds/depends.txt
+++ b/mods/ITEMS/mcl_beds/depends.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-mcl_core
-mcl_sounds
-mcl_wool
-mcl_dye
+mcl_sounds?
+mcl_wool?
+mcl_dye?