diff --git a/GIT-VIRL-HS-Fulda/advcompnet-lab3-sdn.virl b/GIT-VIRL-HS-Fulda/advcompnet-lab3-sdn.virl
index 9bbe06ac2a4eb3f4087de7aacf4bfcd6b0dcf3d9..694a1a43c5f95832aad4270fdea0900ea2710b76 100644
--- a/GIT-VIRL-HS-Fulda/advcompnet-lab3-sdn.virl
+++ b/GIT-VIRL-HS-Fulda/advcompnet-lab3-sdn.virl
@@ -154,11 +154,6 @@ users:
   ssh-authorized-keys:
   - VIRL-USER-SSH-PUBLIC-KEY
   sudo: ALL=(ALL) ALL
-packages:
-- joe
-- iperf
-- unzip
-- openjdk-7-jre-headless
 write_files:
 - path: /etc/init/ttyS0.conf
   owner: root:root
@@ -202,6 +197,8 @@ write_files:
   permissions: '0755'
   content: |-
     #!/bin/sh -e
+    apt-get update
+    apt-get install -y joe iperf unzip openjdk-7-jre-headless
     export JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-7-openjdk-amd64/jre/
     echo "export JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-7-openjdk-amd64/jre/" >/etc/profile.d/Z99-java-home.sh
     # setup opendaylight controller