diff --git a/chef/cookbooks/diaspora/recipes/bootstrap.rb b/chef/cookbooks/diaspora/recipes/bootstrap.rb
index 7a82b62e2..0a965b965 100644
--- a/chef/cookbooks/diaspora/recipes/bootstrap.rb
+++ b/chef/cookbooks/diaspora/recipes/bootstrap.rb
@@ -10,11 +10,10 @@ common_pkgs = [
 dev_pkgs = value_for_platform(
   "debian" => {
     "default" => [
-			"ruby-full",
       "libxml2-dev",
       "libxslt1-dev",
-			"libsqlite3-dev",
-			"libmysqlclient-dev",
+      "libsqlite3-dev",
+      "libmysqlclient-dev",
       "libssl-dev",
       "libcurl4-openssl-dev"
     ]