diff --git a/roles/bootstrap-os/files/bootstrap.sh b/roles/bootstrap-os/files/bootstrap.sh
index e54f4eaa2..631dd34c0 100755
--- a/roles/bootstrap-os/files/bootstrap.sh
+++ b/roles/bootstrap-os/files/bootstrap.sh
@@ -11,25 +11,12 @@ if [[ -e $BINDIR/.bootstrapped ]]; then
   exit 0
 fi
 
-PYPY_VERSION=v6.0.0
+PYPY_VERSION=6.0.0
 
-wget -O - https://bitbucket.org/pypy/pypy/downloads/pypy3-$PYPY_VERSION-linux64.tar.bz2 | tar -xjf -
-mv -n pypy3-$PYPY_VERSION-linux64 pypy3
+wget -O - https://bitbucket.org/squeaky/portable-pypy/downloads/pypy3.5-$PYPY_VERSION-linux_x86_64-portable.tar.bz2 | tar -xjf -
+mv -n pypy3.5-$PYPY_VERSION-linux_x86_64-portable pypy3
 
-## library fixup
-mkdir -p pypy3/lib
-if [ -f /lib64/libncurses.so.5.9 ]; then
-  ln -snf /lib64/libncurses.so.5.9 $BINDIR/pypy3/lib/libtinfo.so.5
-elif [ -f /lib64/libncurses.so.6.1 ]; then
-  ln -snf /lib64/libncurses.so.6.1 $BINDIR/pypy3/lib/libtinfo.so.5
-fi
-
-cat > $BINDIR/python <<EOF
-#!/bin/bash
-LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$BINDIR/pypy3/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH exec $BINDIR/pypy3/bin/pypy3 "\$@"
-EOF
-
-chmod +x $BINDIR/python
+ln -s ./pypy3/bin/pypy3 python
 $BINDIR/python --version
 
 touch $BINDIR/.bootstrapped
diff --git a/roles/bootstrap-os/templates/python_shim.j2 b/roles/bootstrap-os/templates/python_shim.j2
deleted file mode 100644
index d5879aff0..000000000
--- a/roles/bootstrap-os/templates/python_shim.j2
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-LD_LIBRARY_PATH={{ pypy_install_path }}/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH exec {{ pypy_install_path }}/bin/{{ item.src }} "$@"