diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 36293448d0..d126f72138 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -48,9 +48,8 @@ jobs:
       - run: scripts/qa/end2end.sh
 
   deploy:
-    working_directory: /go/src/github.com/grafana/metrictank
     docker:
-      - image: circleci/golang:1.9.2
+      - image: circleci/ruby:2.3
     steps:
       - checkout
       - attach_workspace:
diff --git a/scripts/build_packages.sh b/scripts/build_packages.sh
index 8b0af82ca0..ef69922b5b 100755
--- a/scripts/build_packages.sh
+++ b/scripts/build_packages.sh
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ BUILD_TMP=$CODE_DIR/build_tmp # used for temporary data used to construct the pa
 mkdir $BUILD_TMP
 mkdir $BUILD_PKG
 
-sudo apt-get update # otherwise the below install command doesn't work
 sudo apt-get install rpm # to be able to make rpms
 
 ARCH="$(uname -m)"
diff --git a/scripts/depends.sh b/scripts/depends.sh
index ea19ba0396..44ea0051e4 100755
--- a/scripts/depends.sh
+++ b/scripts/depends.sh
@@ -4,6 +4,5 @@ set -x
 DIR=$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )
 cd ${DIR}
 
-sudo apt install rubygems ruby-dev
-sudo gem install bundler
+which bundler &>/dev/null || sudo gem install bundler
 bundle install