diff --git a/bootstrap.sh b/bootstrap.sh
index 5e1b564..dba8bbb 100755
--- a/bootstrap.sh
+++ b/bootstrap.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# This bash script installs ao-cli and its prerequisites: Node.JS (npm, nvm, node)
+# This bash script installs ao-cli and its prerequisites: Node.JS (npm, nvm, node), as well as curl, grep, and git
 # This script is hosted in the ao-cli repository, so ao-cli can always be installed with:
 # curl -L http://git.coalitionofinvisiblecolleges.org/autonomousorganization/ao-cli/raw/branch/main/bootstrap.sh | sh
 
@@ -60,13 +60,6 @@ if [ "$DISTRO" = "debian" ]; then
 		sudo apt install -y curl
 	fi
 
-	# install wget
-	if [ $(dpkg-query -W -f='${Status}' wget 2>/dev/null | grep -c "ok installed") -eq 1 ]; then
-		echo wget already installed
-	else
-		sudo apt install -y wget
-	fi
-	
 	# install grep
 	if [ $(dpkg-query -W -f='${Status}' git 2>/dev/null | grep -c "ok installed") -eq 1 ]; then
 		echo grep already installed
@@ -96,13 +89,6 @@ elif [ "$DISTRO" = "arch" ]; then
 		sudo pacman -S curl
 	fi
 
-	# install wget
-	if [ $(sudo pacman -Qs wget >/dev/null | grep -c "local/wget" ) -eq 0 ]; then
-		echo wget already installed
-	else
-		sudo pacman -S wget
-	fi
-
 # update system and install prereqs (Fedora)
 elif [ "$DISTRO" = "fedora" ]; then
 	# update
@@ -117,7 +103,7 @@ elif [ "$DISTRO" = "fedora" ]; then
 	echo "Upgrade Complete"
 
 	# install basic dependencies
-    install_if_needed curl wget git
+    install_if_needed curl git
 
 elif [ "$DISTRO" = "mac" ]; then
 	# install homebrew
@@ -139,13 +125,6 @@ elif [ "$DISTRO" = "mac" ]; then
 		sudo apt install -y curl
 	fi
 
-	# install wget
-	if [ $(dpkg-query -W -f='${Status}' wget 2>/dev/null | grep -c "ok installed") -eq 1 ]; then
-		echo wget already installed
-	else
-		sudo apt install -y wget
-	fi
-
 	# install git
 	if [ $(dpkg-query -W -f='${Status}' git 2>/dev/null | grep -c "ok installed") -eq 1 ]; then
 		echo git already installed