diff --git a/bootstrap b/bootstrap
index 0c04be3..b9c4f0e 100755
--- a/bootstrap
+++ b/bootstrap
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
-#!/bin/bash
+#!/bin/sh
 #
 # Script to help bootstrap the build system when checked out from git
 #
-set -auxo pipefail
 
 autoreconf -i