diff --git a/btrfs/metadata.rb b/btrfs/metadata.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 3a369d8..0000000
--- a/btrfs/metadata.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-maintainer			"Kyle Bader"
-maintainer_email	"kyle.bader@dreamhost.com"
-license				"Apache 2.0"
-description			"Installs tools for BTRFS filesystems"
-version				"0.0.1"
diff --git a/btrfs/recipes/default.rb b/btrfs/recipes/default.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 47e2af8..0000000
--- a/btrfs/recipes/default.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-#
-# Author:: Kyle Bader <kyle.bader@dreamhost.com>
-# Cookbook Name:: btrfs
-# Recipe:: default
-#
-# Copyright 2011, DreamHost Web Hosting
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-
-packages = %w{
-	btrfs-tools
-	btrfs-tools-dbg
-}
-
-packages.each do |pkg|
-	package pkg do
-		action :upgrade
-	end
-end
diff --git a/ceph/README.md b/ceph/README.md
index 4b990df..cdf1b03 100644
--- a/ceph/README.md
+++ b/ceph/README.md
@@ -26,9 +26,6 @@ Also required are the following cookbooks New Dream Network (DreamHost.com):
 
 https://github.com/NewDreamNetwork/ceph-cookbooks
 
-* btrfs
-* parted
-
 
 ATTRIBUTES
 ==========
diff --git a/ceph/metadata.rb b/ceph/metadata.rb
index 0d5dd49..52349c0 100644
--- a/ceph/metadata.rb
+++ b/ceph/metadata.rb
@@ -5,5 +5,3 @@ description			"Installs/Configures the Ceph distributed filesystem"
 long_description	IO.read(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), 'README.md'))
 version				"0.0.10"
 depends				"apache2"
-depends				"btrfs"
-depends				"parted"
diff --git a/ceph/recipes/osd.rb b/ceph/recipes/osd.rb
index 4808ae5..acad61b 100644
--- a/ceph/recipes/osd.rb
+++ b/ceph/recipes/osd.rb
@@ -17,6 +17,4 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 		        
-include_recipe "btrfs"
-include_recipe "parted"
 include_recipe "ceph::default"
diff --git a/parted/metadata.rb b/parted/metadata.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index f4f207c..0000000
--- a/parted/metadata.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-maintainer			"Kyle Bader"
-maintainer_email	"kyle.bader@dreamhost.com"
-license				"Apache 2.0"
-description			"Installs the parted disk utility"
-version				"0.0.1"
diff --git a/parted/recipes/default.rb b/parted/recipes/default.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index f06966b..0000000
--- a/parted/recipes/default.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-#
-# Author:: Kyle Bader <kyle.bader@dreamhost.com>
-# Cookbook Name:: parted
-# Recipe:: default
-#
-# Copyright 2011, DreamHost Web Hosting
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-
-package "parted" do
-	action :upgrade
-end