diff --git a/debian-bootstrap.sh b/debian-bootstrap.sh
index 5279b82a..fde679f2 100755
--- a/debian-bootstrap.sh
+++ b/debian-bootstrap.sh
@@ -6,11 +6,6 @@
 # Quick start:
 # wget -O - https://raw.github.com/fpco/stackage/master/debian-bootstrap.sh | bash -ex
 
-if which curl > /dev/null; then
-  echo "Uninstalling curl to avoid an issue with cabal-install-1.16"
-  sudo apt-get remove curl
-fi
-
 sudo apt-get update
 sudo apt-get install -y build-essential libncurses-dev git libgmp3c2 libgmp3-dev zlib1g-dev libedit2 libedit-dev freeglut3-dev libglu1-mesa-dev libglib2.0-dev libcairo2-dev libpango1.0-dev libgtk2.0-dev zip libdevil-dev llvm libbz2-dev libjudy-dev libmysqlclient-dev libpq-dev libicu-dev libssl-dev nettle-dev libgsl0-dev libblas-dev liblapack-dev
 wget http://www.haskell.org/ghc/dist/7.4.2/ghc-7.4.2-x86_64-unknown-linux.tar.bz2
@@ -21,9 +16,9 @@ sudo make install
 echo 'export PATH=/opt/ghc-7.4.2/bin:~/.cabal/bin:$PATH' >> ~/.bashrc
 export PATH=/opt/ghc-7.4.2/bin:~/.cabal/bin:$PATH
 cd ..
-wget http://hackage.haskell.org/packages/archive/cabal-install/1.16.0.2/cabal-install-1.16.0.2.tar.gz
-tar zxfv cabal-install-1.16.0.2.tar.gz
-cd cabal-install-1.16.0.2/
+wget http://hackage.haskell.org/packages/archive/cabal-install/1.18.0.5/cabal-install-1.18.0.5.tar.gz
+tar zxfv cabal-install-1.18.0.5.tar.gz
+cd cabal-install-1.18.0.5/
 bash bootstrap.sh
 cd ..
 git clone --recursive https://github.com/fpco/stackage