diff --git a/bootstrap/_gentoo_common.sh b/bootstrap/_gentoo_common.sh
index a9bc6acd7..f49dc00f0 100755
--- a/bootstrap/_gentoo_common.sh
+++ b/bootstrap/_gentoo_common.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-PACKAGES="dev-lang/python:2.7
+PACKAGES="
+  dev-lang/python:2.7
   dev-python/virtualenv
   dev-util/dialog
   app-admin/augeas
diff --git a/bootstrap/_suse_common.sh b/bootstrap/_suse_common.sh
index 701849e4b..efeebe4f8 100755
--- a/bootstrap/_suse_common.sh
+++ b/bootstrap/_suse_common.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 
 # SLE12 don't have python-virtualenv
 
-zypper -nq in -l python \
+zypper -nq in -l \
+  python \
   python-devel \
   python-virtualenv \
   gcc \