diff --git a/bin/stack-config b/bin/stack-config
index b0e7460e..66496991 100755
--- a/bin/stack-config
+++ b/bin/stack-config
@@ -1,12 +1,18 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python3
-
+#!/usr/bin/env -S uv run --script
+# /// script
+# requires-python = ">=3.12"
+# dependencies = [
+#   "jinja2",
+#   "jsonschema",
+#   "pyYAML",
+# ]
+# ///
 
 import pathlib
 import sys
 
 prefix = pathlib.Path(__file__).parent.parent.resolve()
-external = prefix / 'external'
-sys.path = [prefix.as_posix(), external.as_posix()] + sys.path
+sys.path = [prefix.as_posix()] + sys.path
 
 from stackinator.main import main
 
diff --git a/bootstrap.sh b/bootstrap.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index f5e0705c..00000000
--- a/bootstrap.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-
-PYTHON=${PYTHON:-python3}
-
-pyver=$($PYTHON -V | sed -n 's/Python \([0-9]\+\)\.\([0-9]\+\)\..*/\1.\2/p')
-
-$PYTHON -m ensurepip --version &> /dev/null
-epip=$?
-
-export PATH=$(pwd)/external/usr/bin:$PATH
-
-# Install pip for Python 3
-if [ $epip -eq 0 ]; then
-    $PYTHON -m ensurepip --root $(pwd)/external/ --default-pip
-fi
-
-export PYTHONPATH=$(pwd)/external:$(pwd)/external/usr/lib/python$pyver/site-packages:$PYTHONPATH
-
-$PYTHON -m pip install --no-cache-dir -q --upgrade pip --target=external/
-
-$PYTHON -m pip install --no-cache-dir -q -r requirements.txt --target=external/ --upgrade
diff --git a/test_stackinator.py b/test_stackinator.py
index c142f43d..383af852 100755
--- a/test_stackinator.py
+++ b/test_stackinator.py
@@ -1,11 +1,19 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python3
+#!/usr/bin/env -S uv run --script
+# /// script
+# requires-python = ">=3.12"
+# dependencies = [
+#   "jinja2",
+#   "jsonschema",
+#   "pytest",
+#   "pyYAML",
+# ]
+# ///
 
 import pathlib
 import sys
 
 prefix = pathlib.Path(__file__).parent.resolve()
-external = prefix / "external"
-sys.path = [prefix.as_posix(), external.as_posix()] + sys.path
+sys.path = [prefix.as_posix()] + sys.path
 
 import pytest  # noqa: E402