diff --git a/Vagrantfile b/Vagrantfile
index 7eb2b4cce..1d3b48f06 100644
--- a/Vagrantfile
+++ b/Vagrantfile
@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@ VAGRANTFILE_API_VERSION = "2"
 $ubuntu_setup_script = <<SETUP_SCRIPT
 cd /vagrant
 sudo ./bootstrap/ubuntu.sh
-sudo apt-get -y --no-install-recommends install git-core
-# the above is required by the 'git+https' lines of requirements.txt
 if [ ! -d "venv" ]; then
   virtualenv --no-site-packages -p python2 venv
   ./venv/bin/pip install -r requirements.txt -e .[dev,docs,testing]
diff --git a/bootstrap/README b/bootstrap/README
index 847129c03..6a04ac0ba 100644
--- a/bootstrap/README
+++ b/bootstrap/README
@@ -1,2 +1,7 @@
 This directory contains scripts that install necessary OS-specific
-prerequisite dependencies (see docs/using.rst).
\ No newline at end of file
+prerequisite dependencies (see docs/using.rst).
+
+General dependencies:
+- git-core: requirements.txt git+https://*
+- ca-certificates: communication with demo ACMO server at
+  https://www.letsencrypt-demo.org, requirements.txt git+https://*
diff --git a/bootstrap/_deb_common.sh b/bootstrap/_deb_common.sh
index 4e4c75b33..653daca53 100755
--- a/bootstrap/_deb_common.sh
+++ b/bootstrap/_deb_common.sh
@@ -45,5 +45,15 @@ fi
 
 apt-get update
 apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
-  python python-setuptools "$virtualenv" python-dev gcc swig \
-  dialog libaugeas0 libssl-dev libffi-dev ca-certificates dpkg-dev
+  git-core \
+  python \
+  python-dev \
+  "$virtualenv" \
+  gcc \
+  swig \
+  dialog \
+  libaugeas0 \
+  libssl-dev \
+  libffi-dev \
+  ca-certificates \
+  dpkg-dev \
diff --git a/docs/using.rst b/docs/using.rst
index 227fd69ed..7985c9dcb 100644
--- a/docs/using.rst
+++ b/docs/using.rst
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ are provided mainly for the :ref:`developers <hacking>` reference.
 In general:
 
 * ``sudo`` is required as a suggested way of running privileged process
-* `swig`_ is required for compiling `m2crypto`_
+* `SWIG`_ is required for compiling `M2Crypto`_
 
   .. _new-swig:
   .. note:: If your operating system uses SWIG 3.0.5+, you will need
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ In general:
             requirements.txt`` instead of the standard ``pip
             install -r requirements.txt``.
 
-* `augeas`_ is required for the ``python-augeas`` bindings
+* `Augeas`_ is required for the Python bindings
 
 
 Ubuntu
@@ -117,6 +117,6 @@ The letsencrypt commandline tool has a builtin help:
    ./venv/bin/letsencrypt --help
 
 
-.. _augeas: http://augeas.net/
-.. _m2crypto: https://github.com/M2Crypto/M2Crypto
-.. _swig: http://www.swig.org/
+.. _Augeas: http://augeas.net/
+.. _M2Crypto: https://github.com/M2Crypto/M2Crypto
+.. _SWIG: http://www.swig.org/