diff --git a/bootstrap b/bootstrap
index 8571f6c..ff8894e 100755
--- a/bootstrap
+++ b/bootstrap
@@ -15,16 +15,7 @@ if [ -f /etc/debian_version ]; then
     fi
 fi
 if [ -f /etc/redhat-release ]; then
-    for package in python-pip python-virtualenv python-devel libevent-devel; do
-        if [ "$(rpm -qa $package 2>/dev/null)" == "" ]; then
-            missing="${missing:+$missing }$package"
-        fi
-    done
-    if [ -n "$missing" ]; then
-        echo "$0: missing required packages, please install them:" 1>&2
-        echo "  sudo yum install $missing"
-        exit 1
-    fi
+    sudo yum install python-pip python-virtualenv python-devel libevent-devel
 fi
 
 virtualenv --no-site-packages --distribute virtualenv