diff --git a/lib/yashchiki/commons.sh b/lib/yashchiki/commons.sh
index 4cefda69d5d53eeea3181742ede4a3ff8c3376d8..6529a50a569f4093ea806d764a3564ab3e8e33ce 100755
--- a/lib/yashchiki/commons.sh
+++ b/lib/yashchiki/commons.sh
@@ -129,13 +129,9 @@ if [ -n "${YASHCHIKI_SPACK_VERBOSE:-}" ]; then
     SPACK_ARGS_REINDEX+=("--verbose")
 fi
 
-# TODO: Keep in sync with <spack-repo>/lib/spack/spack/cmd/bootstrap.py since
-# there is no straight-forward way to extract bootstrap dependencies
-# automatically. If bootstrap dependencies should change we will notice because
-# they won't be able to be fetched inside the container because of missing
-# permissions.
-spack_bootstrap_dependencies=(
-    "environment-modules~X"
+# Dependencies needed by yashchiki
+yashchiki_dependencies=(
+    "environment-modules~X"  # needed for module generation
 )
 
 #########
diff --git a/lib/yashchiki/complete_spack_install_routine_called_in_post_as_root.sh b/lib/yashchiki/complete_spack_install_routine_called_in_post_as_root.sh
index b39dde97720c2afe966774835e09cfcca1712fb5..0c36b37772c239bc7c7768934e5c5a2f5ef770b8 100755
--- a/lib/yashchiki/complete_spack_install_routine_called_in_post_as_root.sh
+++ b/lib/yashchiki/complete_spack_install_routine_called_in_post_as_root.sh
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ SOURCE_DIR="$(dirname "$(readlink -m "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")")"
 source "${SOURCE_DIR}/commons.sh"
 
 "${SPACK_INSTALL_SCRIPTS}/prepare_spack_as_root.sh"
-sudo -Eu spack "${SPACK_INSTALL_SCRIPTS}/bootstrap_spack.sh"
+sudo -Eu spack "${SPACK_INSTALL_SCRIPTS}/install_dependencies.sh"
 
 sudo -Eu spack "${SPACK_INSTALL_SCRIPTS}/install_spack.sh" && \
 sudo -Eu spack ${MY_SPACK_CMD} compiler add --scope site /usr/bin && \
diff --git a/lib/yashchiki/fetch.sh b/lib/yashchiki/fetch.sh
index 362dce959d102c6b38c9d60eee4451d38ae30d0d..bba3071c7c9006f4388e7f27d2a770200adab289 100755
--- a/lib/yashchiki/fetch.sh
+++ b/lib/yashchiki/fetch.sh
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ echo "FETCHING..."
 # concretize all spack packages in parallel
 packages_to_fetch=(
     "${YASHCHIKI_SPACK_GCC}"
-    "${spack_bootstrap_dependencies[@]}"
+    "${yashchiki_dependencies[@]}"
     "${spack_packages[@]}"
 )
 # verify that all concretizations were successful
diff --git a/lib/yashchiki/bootstrap_spack.sh b/lib/yashchiki/install_dependencies.sh
similarity index 65%
rename from lib/yashchiki/bootstrap_spack.sh
rename to lib/yashchiki/install_dependencies.sh
index 18bfa9ded904719c9b9ba310174edb185269ef1a..d2a48626e3f934f913870da6f9da50060d99ee34 100755
--- a/lib/yashchiki/bootstrap_spack.sh
+++ b/lib/yashchiki/install_dependencies.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 #
-# Prepare spack by bootstrapping and installing the compiler via spack
+# Install dependencies needed during the spack install
+# process and the container creation.
 #
 set -euo pipefail
 shopt -s inherit_errexit 2>/dev/null || true
@@ -25,33 +26,9 @@ ccache -s
 # add system compiler
 ${MY_SPACK_CMD} compiler add --scope site /usr/bin
 
-# provide spack support for environment modules
-echo "BOOTSTRAPPING"
-
 # add build_cache
 ${MY_SPACK_CMD} mirror add --scope site build_mirror file://${BUILD_CACHE_DIR}
 
-install_from_buildcache "${spack_bootstrap_dependencies[@]}"
-
-# We install all packages needed by boostrap here
-for bootstrap_spec in "${spack_bootstrap_dependencies[@]}"; do
-    ${MY_SPACK_CMD} "${SPACK_ARGS_INSTALL[@]+"${SPACK_ARGS_INSTALL[@]}"}" install --no-cache --show-log-on-error "${bootstrap_spec}"
-done
-
-num_packages_pre_boostrap="$(${MY_SPACK_CMD} find 2>&1 | head -n 1 | awk '/installed packages/ { print $2 }')"
-
-
-num_packages_post_boostrap="$(${MY_SPACK_CMD} find 2>&1 | head -n 1 | awk '/installed packages/ { print $2 }')"
-
-if (( num_packages_pre_boostrap < num_packages_post_boostrap )); then
-cat <<EOF | tr '\n' ' ' >&2
-ERROR: spack bootstrap command did install some packages on its own, this
-should not happen, aborting..!
-EOF
-echo ""
-    exit 1
-fi
-
 if [ ${YASHCHIKI_BUILD_SPACK_GCC} -eq 1 ]; then
     # check if it can be specialized
     spec_compiler="${YASHCHIKI_SPACK_GCC}"
@@ -74,3 +51,12 @@ if [ ${YASHCHIKI_BUILD_SPACK_GCC} -eq 1 ]; then
     # add fresh compiler to spack
     ${MY_SPACK_CMD} compiler add --scope site ${MY_SPACK_FOLDER}/opt/spack/linux-*/*/gcc-${YASHCHIKI_SPACK_GCC_VERSION}-*
 fi
+
+echo "INSTALL YASHCHIKI DEPENDENCIES"
+
+install_from_buildcache "${yashchiki_dependencies[@]}"
+
+# We install all packages needed by yashchiki here
+for dep_spec in "${yashchiki_dependencies[@]}"; do
+    ${MY_SPACK_CMD} "${SPACK_ARGS_INSTALL[@]+"${SPACK_ARGS_INSTALL[@]}"}" install --no-cache --show-log-on-error "${dep_spec}"
+done