diff --git a/install_packages.sh b/install_packages.sh
index b049ffa292..f98e46d0d4 100755
--- a/install_packages.sh
+++ b/install_packages.sh
@@ -48,8 +48,8 @@ apt-get --yes --force-yes --no-install-recommends \
 
 # Setup bootchart. Due to dependencies, this adds about 180MB!
 apt-get --yes --force-yes --no-install-recommends install bootchart
-# TODO: Replace this with pybootchartgui, or remove it entirely.
-apt-get --yes --force-yes --no-install-recommends install bootchart-java
+# TODO: add pybootchartgui to create pretty picture.
+
 
 # Install additional packages from a second mirror, if necessary.  This must
 # be done after all packages from the first repository are installed; after
diff --git a/make_chroot.sh b/make_chroot.sh
index d679d76be6..b7df6ca6b9 100755
--- a/make_chroot.sh
+++ b/make_chroot.sh
@@ -114,7 +114,8 @@ mkdir -p "$FLAGS_chroot"
 # Run debootstrap to create the base chroot environment
 echo "Running debootstrap..."
 echo "You may need to enter password for sudo now..."
-sudo debootstrap --arch=i386 "$FLAGS_suite" "$FLAGS_chroot" "$FLAGS_mirror"
+sudo debootstrap --arch=i386 --exclude=rsyslog,ubuntu-minimal \
+  "$FLAGS_suite" "$FLAGS_chroot" "$FLAGS_mirror"
 echo "Done running debootstrap."
 
 # Set up necessary mounts