diff --git a/scripts/install-base-packages.sh b/scripts/install-base-packages.sh
index 2fd02247..fade2454 100755
--- a/scripts/install-base-packages.sh
+++ b/scripts/install-base-packages.sh
@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@ apt-get update
 # Install security updates.
 apt-get -y upgrade
 
+# Install dependencies required at runtime. git is used to check out notebook
+# repositories.
+apt-get -y install --no-install-recommends git
+
 # Delete cached files we don't need anymore.
 apt-get clean
 rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
diff --git a/scripts/install-dependency-packages.sh b/scripts/install-dependency-packages.sh
index b188b81f..603c91f5 100755
--- a/scripts/install-dependency-packages.sh
+++ b/scripts/install-dependency-packages.sh
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ apt-get update
 # Install various dependencies that may be required to install mobu:
 #
 # build-essential: sometimes needed to build Python modules
-# git: required by setuptools_scm
 # libffi-dev: sometimes needed to build cffi, a cryptography dependency
 apt-get -y install --no-install-recommends build-essential git libffi-dev