diff --git a/tools/install_ubuntu_dependencies.sh b/tools/install_ubuntu_dependencies.sh
index 6ab9b30abb..facc9eb9f6 100755
--- a/tools/install_ubuntu_dependencies.sh
+++ b/tools/install_ubuntu_dependencies.sh
@@ -20,40 +20,43 @@ fi
 # Install common packages
 function install_ubuntu_common_requirements() {
   $SUDO apt-get update
+
+  # normal stuff, mostly for the bare docker image
   $SUDO apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
     ca-certificates \
     clang \
     build-essential \
-    gcc-arm-none-eabi \
-    liblzma-dev \
-    capnproto \
-    libcapnp-dev \
     curl \
+    libssl-dev \
     libcurl4-openssl-dev \
+    locales \
     git \
     git-lfs \
+    xvfb
+
+  # TODO: vendor the rest of these in third_party/
+  $SUDO apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
+    gcc-arm-none-eabi \
+    capnproto \
+    libcapnp-dev \
     ffmpeg \
     libavformat-dev \
     libavcodec-dev \
     libavdevice-dev \
     libavutil-dev \
     libavfilter-dev \
-    libbz2-dev \
     libeigen3-dev \
     libffi-dev \
-    libglew-dev \
     libgles2-mesa-dev \
     libglfw3-dev \
     libglib2.0-0 \
     libjpeg-dev \
     libqt5charts5-dev \
     libncurses5-dev \
-    libssl-dev \
     libusb-1.0-0-dev \
     libzmq3-dev \
     libzstd-dev \
     libsqlite3-dev \
-    locales \
     opencl-headers \
     ocl-icd-libopencl1 \
     ocl-icd-opencl-dev \
@@ -62,8 +65,7 @@ function install_ubuntu_common_requirements() {
     libqt5svg5-dev \
     libqt5serialbus5-dev  \
     libqt5x11extras5-dev \
-    libqt5opengl5-dev \
-    xvfb
+    libqt5opengl5-dev
 }
 
 # Install Ubuntu 24.04 LTS packages
@@ -73,8 +75,6 @@ function install_ubuntu_lts_latest_requirements() {
   $SUDO apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
     g++-12 \
     qtbase5-dev \
-    qtchooser \
-    qt5-qmake \
     qtbase5-dev-tools \
     python3-dev \
     python3-venv
diff --git a/tools/mac_setup.sh b/tools/mac_setup.sh
index 19ef77e01c..430fc95222 100755
--- a/tools/mac_setup.sh
+++ b/tools/mac_setup.sh
@@ -34,13 +34,11 @@ fi
 
 brew bundle --file=- <<-EOS
 brew "git-lfs"
-brew "zlib"
 brew "capnp"
 brew "coreutils"
 brew "eigen"
 brew "ffmpeg"
 brew "glfw"
-brew "libarchive"
 brew "libusb"
 brew "libtool"
 brew "llvm"