diff --git a/builddep.sh b/builddep.sh
index 353d09c2b..09432bebe 100755
--- a/builddep.sh
+++ b/builddep.sh
@@ -100,56 +100,57 @@ if [ "$PERLVER" == "v5.8.2" ]; then
 else
         OSVER='6.1'
 fi
-# Have to install rpms 1 at a time, since some are already installed.
-# And have to install them in the correct order.
-#for i in `ls $OSVER/*.rpm`; do
-#	rpm -Uvh $i
-#done
 cd $OSVER
-rpm -Uvh perl-DBI-*.rpm
-rpm -Uvh bash-*.rpm
-rpm -Uvh perl-DBD-SQLite-*.rpm
+# Have to install rpms 1 at a time, since some are already installed.
+# The only interdependency between the dep rpms so far is that net-snmp requires bash
+for i in `ls *.rpm|grep -v -E '^tcl-|^tk-|^expect-'`; do
+	rpm -Uvh $i
+done
 # don't try to install tcl, tk, or expect if they are already installed!
 lslpp -l | grep expect.base > /dev/null 2>&1
 if [ $? -gt 0 ]; then
 	if [ "$OSVER" == "6.1" ]; then
 		echo "The expect.base, tcl.base, and tk.base filesets must also be installed before installing the xCAT RPMs from xcat-core."
 	else
-   	 	rpm -Uvh tcl-*.rpm
-    	rpm -Uvh tk-*.rpm
-    	rpm -Uvh expect-*.rpm
+		rpm -Uvh tcl-*.rpm
+		rpm -Uvh tk-*.rpm
+		rpm -Uvh expect-*.rpm
 	fi
 fi
-rpm -Uvh popt-*.rpm
-rpm -Uvh rsync-*.rpm
-rpm -Uvh wget-*.rpm
-rpm -Uvh libxml2-*.rpm
-rpm -Uvh curl-*.rpm
-rpm -Uvh expat-*.rpm
-rpm -Uvh conserver-*.rpm
-rpm -Uvh perl-Expect-*.rpm
-rpm -Uvh perl-IO-Tty-*.rpm
-rpm -Uvh perl-IO-Stty-*.rpm
-rpm -Uvh perl-IO-Socket-SSL-*.rpm
-rpm -Uvh perl-Net_SSLeay.pm-*.rpm
-rpm -Uvh perl-Digest-SHA1-*.rpm
-rpm -Uvh perl-Digest-SHA-*.rpm
-rpm -Uvh perl-Digest-HMAC-*.rpm
-rpm -Uvh --nodeps perl-Net-DNS-*.rpm
-rpm -Uvh perl-Net-IP-*.rpm
-rpm -Uvh perl-Digest-MD5-*.rpm
-rpm -Uvh fping-*.rpm
-rpm -Uvh openslp-xcat-*.rpm
-rpm -Uvh perl-Crypt-SSLeay-*.rpm
-rpm -Uvh perl-Net-Telnet-*.rpm
+# this is left over from Norms original instoss
+#rpm -Uvh perl-DBI-*.rpm
+#rpm -Uvh bash-*.rpm
+#rpm -Uvh perl-DBD-SQLite-*.rpm
+#rpm -Uvh popt-*.rpm
+#rpm -Uvh rsync-*.rpm
+#rpm -Uvh wget-*.rpm
+#rpm -Uvh libxml2-*.rpm
+#rpm -Uvh curl-*.rpm
+#rpm -Uvh expat-*.rpm
+#rpm -Uvh conserver-*.rpm
+#rpm -Uvh perl-Expect-*.rpm
+#rpm -Uvh perl-IO-Tty-*.rpm
+#pm -Uvh perl-IO-Stty-*.rpm
+#rpm -Uvh perl-IO-Socket-SSL-*.rpm
+#rpm -Uvh perl-Net_SSLeay.pm-*.rpm
+#rpm -Uvh perl-Digest-SHA1-*.rpm
+#rpm -Uvh perl-Digest-SHA-*.rpm
+#rpm -Uvh perl-Digest-HMAC-*.rpm
+#rpm -Uvh --nodeps perl-Net-DNS-*.rpm
+#rpm -Uvh perl-Net-IP-*.rpm
+#rpm -Uvh perl-Digest-MD5-*.rpm
+#rpm -Uvh fping-*.rpm
+#rpm -Uvh openslp-xcat-*.rpm
+#rpm -Uvh perl-Crypt-SSLeay-*.rpm
+#rpm -Uvh perl-Net-Telnet-*.rpm
 # this requires bash
-rpm -Uvh net-snmp-5*.rpm
-rpm -Uvh net-snmp-devel-*.rpm
-rpm -Uvh net-snmp-perl-*.rpm
-rpm -Uvh unixODBC-*.rpm
-if [ "$OSVER" == "6.1" ]; then
-	rpm -Uvh perl-version-*.rpm
-fi
+#rpm -Uvh net-snmp-5*.rpm
+#rpm -Uvh net-snmp-devel-*.rpm
+#rpm -Uvh net-snmp-perl-*.rpm
+#rpm -Uvh unixODBC-*.rpm
+#if [ "$OSVER" == "6.1" ]; then
+#	rpm -Uvh perl-version-*.rpm
+#fi
 EOF
 
 	chmod +x instoss