diff --git a/drake_bazel_external/setup/install_prereqs b/drake_bazel_external/setup/install_prereqs
index 069d1104..e5f9e5f5 100755
--- a/drake_bazel_external/setup/install_prereqs
+++ b/drake_bazel_external/setup/install_prereqs
@@ -70,8 +70,6 @@ apt-get update
 apt-get install --no-install-recommends $(cat <<EOF
   bazel
   gfortran
-  git
-  libblas-dev
   libclang-15-dev
   libeigen3-dev
   libgflags-dev