diff --git a/bootstrap/playbooks/files/minimize.sh b/bootstrap/playbooks/files/minimize.sh
index 8a2d28e7..92460e79 100644
--- a/bootstrap/playbooks/files/minimize.sh
+++ b/bootstrap/playbooks/files/minimize.sh
@@ -8,20 +8,8 @@ echo "==> Removing all linux kernels except the currrent one"
 dpkg --list | awk '{ print $2 }' | grep 'linux-image-3.*-generic' | grep -v $(uname -r) | xargs apt-get -y purge
 echo "==> Removing linux source"
 dpkg --list | awk '{ print $2 }' | grep linux-source | xargs apt-get -y purge
-echo "==> Removing development packages"
-dpkg --list | awk '{ print $2 }' | grep -- '-dev$' | xargs apt-get -y purge
 echo "==> Removing documentation"
 dpkg --list | awk '{ print $2 }' | grep -- '-doc$' | xargs apt-get -y purge
-echo "==> Removing development tools"
-#dpkg --list | grep -i compiler | awk '{ print $2 }' | xargs apt-get -y purge
-#apt-get -y purge cpp gcc g++
-apt-get -y purge build-essential
-echo "==> Removing default system Ruby"
-apt-get -y purge ruby ri doc
-echo "==> Removing default system Python"
-apt-get -y purge python-dbus libnl1 python-smartpm python-twisted-core libiw30 python-twisted-bin libdbus-glib-1-2 python-pexpect python-pycurl python-serial python-gobject python-pam python-openssl libffi5
-echo "==> Removing X11 libraries"
-apt-get -y purge libx11-data xauth libxmuu1 libxcb1 libx11-6 libxext6
 echo "==> Removing obsolete networking components"
 apt-get -y purge ppp pppconfig pppoeconf
 echo "==> Removing other oddities"
@@ -32,20 +20,9 @@ apt-get -y autoremove --purge
 apt-get -y autoclean
 apt-get -y clean
 
-# Clean up orphaned packages with deborphan
-apt-get -y install deborphan
-while [ -n "$(deborphan --guess-all --libdevel)" ]; do
-    deborphan --guess-all --libdevel | xargs apt-get -y purge
-done
-apt-get -y purge deborphan dialog
-
 echo "==> Removing man pages"
 rm -rf /usr/share/man/*
-echo "==> Removing APT files"
-find /var/lib/apt -type f | xargs rm -f
 echo "==> Removing anything in /usr/src"
 rm -rf /usr/src/*
 echo "==> Removing any docs"
 rm -rf /usr/share/doc/*
-echo "==> Removing caches"
-find /var/cache -type f -exec rm -rf {} \;