diff --git a/bootstrap b/bootstrap
index 25bd658..b2a986b 100755
--- a/bootstrap
+++ b/bootstrap
@@ -8,9 +8,6 @@ main(_Args) ->
     application:start(asn1),
     application:start(public_key),
     application:start(ssl),
-    inets:start(),
-    inets:start(httpc, [{profile, rebar}]),
-    set_httpc_options(),
 
     %% Fetch and build deps required to build rebar3
     BaseDeps = [{providers, []}
@@ -33,7 +30,6 @@ main(_Args) ->
 
     setup_env(),
     os:putenv("REBAR_PROFILE", "bootstrap"),
-    rebar3:run(["update"]),
     {ok, State} = rebar3:run(["compile"]),
     reset_env(),
     os:putenv("REBAR_PROFILE", ""),
@@ -71,33 +67,7 @@ fetch_and_compile({Name, ErlFirstFiles}, Deps) ->
     compile(Name, ErlFirstFiles).
 
 fetch({pkg, Name, Vsn}, App) ->
-    Dir = filename:join([filename:absname("_build/default/lib/"), App]),
-    CDN = "https://s3.amazonaws.com/s3.hex.pm/tarballs",
-    Package = binary_to_list(<<Name/binary, "-", Vsn/binary, ".tar">>),
-    Url = string:join([CDN, Package], "/"),
-    case request(Url) of
-        {ok, Binary} ->
-            {ok, Contents} = extract(Binary),
-            ok = erl_tar:extract({binary, Contents}, [{cwd, Dir}, compressed]);
-        _ ->
-            io:format("Error: Unable to fetch package ~p ~p~n", [Name, Vsn])
-    end.
-
-extract(Binary) ->
-    {ok, Files} = erl_tar:extract({binary, Binary}, [memory]),
-    {"contents.tar.gz", Contents} = lists:keyfind("contents.tar.gz", 1, Files),
-    {ok, Contents}.
-
-request(Url) ->
-    case httpc:request(get, {Url, []},
-                       [{relaxed, true}],
-                       [{body_format, binary}],
-                       rebar) of
-        {ok, {{_Version, 200, _Reason}, _Headers, Body}} ->
-            {ok, Body};
-        Error ->
-            Error
-    end.
+    ok.
 
 get_rebar_config() ->
     {ok, [[Home]]} = init:get_argument(home),
@@ -109,20 +79,6 @@ get_rebar_config() ->
             []
     end.
 
-get_http_vars(Scheme) ->
-    proplists:get_value(Scheme, get_rebar_config(), []).
-
-set_httpc_options() ->
-    set_httpc_options(https_proxy, get_http_vars(https_proxy)),
-    set_httpc_options(proxy, get_http_vars(http_proxy)).
-
-set_httpc_options(_, []) ->
-    ok;
-
-set_httpc_options(Scheme, Proxy) ->
-    {ok, {_, _, Host, Port, _, _}} = http_uri:parse(Proxy),
-    httpc:set_options([{Scheme, {{Host, Port}, []}}], rebar).
-
 compile(App, FirstFiles) ->
     Dir = filename:join(filename:absname("_build/default/lib/"), App),
     filelib:ensure_dir(filename:join([Dir, "ebin", "dummy.beam"])),