diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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--- a/README.md
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@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
 # Build Standard Tools
 
 This is automation support for the linuxbrew-based tools procedure
-documented at:
+documented at
+[Divorce Your Linux Admin](https://www.tundraware.com/TechnicalNotes/Divorce-Your-Linux-Admin).
 
-    https://www.tundraware.com/TechnicalNotes/Divorce-Your-Linux-Admin
+This document is a bit outdated as it does not describe the simplified
+build noted below, but the document does describe the overall idea
+of what we're trying to accomplish.
 
 
 ## How To Use The Makefile
@@ -47,6 +50,36 @@
 to perform a full build.  DAMHIKT.
 
 
+## Building The Tools - The Simple Way
+
+When this process was first defined, we split the build into two
+steps.  First, we did a "bootstrap" on a machine with a full set of
+local development tools and saved the result.  Then, we loaded that
+minimal `brew` image onto a machine with no local compiler to finish
+building the toolset.
+
+After running this a bunch of times on a variety of VMs and
+containers, we discovered that this two-step process is unnecessary,
+and may even make it harder for the process to complete.
+
+That process is still described in the following sections but the
+easier - and more likely to succeed - way to do this is to do
+everything on a single machine that has system compilers and languages
+installed:
+
+    . brewenvs
+    make getbrew bootstrap-build bootstrap-release full-build full-release clean
+
+Notice that we still save off a small boostrap tarball.  Why?  There
+may be times when you want to start with a "minimal" `brew`
+installation for other work.  This process preserves both that minimal-
+and then, the full toolset you've defined as separate installable
+tarballs
+
+Take care to read the note below to ensure that your build environment
+is the "right" one to build binaries that will work when deployed on
+your running systems.
+
 
 ## Building The Bootstrap Image
 
diff --git a/makefile b/makefile
index bc5a1f6..2e11c4b 100644
--- a/makefile
+++ b/makefile
@@ -15,10 +15,10 @@
 TOOLS = tools
 
 # Things that have to be built during the bootstrap phase with system tools
-BOOTSTRAP = gcc make
+BOOTSTRAP = gcc make curl git
 
 # Support and languages to install after bootstrap but before other packages
-LANGS = curl git go perl python
+LANGS = go perl python
 
 # Stuff we want pip to install
 PIPMODULES = pip ansible pew pythonz-bd
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@
 	@echo "Make sure you have the OS development tools installed!"
 	sudo yum -y install texinfo
 	${BREW} install --verbose  ${BOOTSTRAP}
+#	${BREW} reinstall -s --verbose curl
+
 
 bootstrap-release: tidyup
 	echo "${FULLDATE}" > ${TOOLSDIR}/tools-builder.bootstrap.datetime
@@ -63,7 +65,6 @@
 	@echo "Make sure the bootstrap is installed at ${TOOLSDIR}"
 	sudo yum -y install autoconf automake patch perl texinfo
 	${BREW} install -s --verbose  ${LANGS}
-#	${BREW} reinstall -s --verbose curl
 	${BREW} link --verbose python
 	ln -nfs ${TOOLSDIR}/bin/python3 ${TOOLSDIR}/bin/python
 	ln -nfs ${TOOLSDIR}/bin/pip3 ${TOOLSDIR}/bin/pip