diff --git a/build/build-env.sh b/build/build-env.sh
index 55c2ed1938f467409ec8bd3197c47b077c397333..0a7cab1a82ad2f11f1a972948399d22470d7a5c2 100755
--- a/build/build-env.sh
+++ b/build/build-env.sh
@@ -164,6 +164,11 @@ function bootstrap_create() {
         chroot "${img_mount}" /bin/chown --recursive "${orig_uid}:usergroup" /home/user
     fi
 
+    env="PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin"
+    chroot "${img_mount}" /usr/bin/env "$env" apt-get -y update
+    chroot "${img_mount}" /usr/bin/env "$env" apt-get -y install vim bison \
+    wget flex libssl-dev autoconf automake autotools-dev sudo
+    
     echo "Unmounting..."
     umount_image
 
diff --git a/build/packages-to-be-installed b/build/packages-to-be-installed
deleted file mode 100644
index df107c40e7a414eb4b78bedcf735175249234fd5..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/build/packages-to-be-installed
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-vim
-bison
-wget
-flex
-libssl-dev