diff --git a/bootstrap/_rpm_common.sh b/bootstrap/_rpm_common.sh
index 532969aaf..b1df5810a 100755
--- a/bootstrap/_rpm_common.sh
+++ b/bootstrap/_rpm_common.sh
@@ -6,35 +6,28 @@
 
 # "git-core" seems to be an alias for "git" in CentOS 7 (yum search fails)
 bootstrap() {
+
+    pkgs="git-core
+        python 
+        python-devel 
+        python-virtualenv 
+        python-devel 
+        gcc dialog 
+        augeas-libs 
+        openssl-devel 
+        libffi-devel 
+        ca-certificates"
+
     if hash yum 2>/dev/null; then
-      yum install -y \
-      git-core \
-      python \
-      python-devel \
-      python-virtualenv \
-      python-devel \
-      gcc \
-      dialog \
-      augeas-libs \
-      openssl-devel \
-      libffi-devel \
-      ca-certificates \;
+      yum install -y $pkgs;
+
     elif hash dnf 2>/dev/null; then
-      dnf install -y \
-      git-core \
-      python \
-      python-devel \
-      python-virtualenv \
-      python-devel \
-      gcc \
-      dialog \
-      augeas-libs \
-      openssl-devel \
-      libffi-devel \
-      ca-certificates \;
+      dnf install -y $pkgs;
+
     else
       echo "Neither yum nor dnf found. Aborting bootstrap!"
       exit 1;
+
     fi
 }
 bootstrap