diff --git a/config/etc/fstab b/config/etc/fstab
index 7cb336d..8bf0c1c 100644
--- a/config/etc/fstab
+++ b/config/etc/fstab
@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@
 #
 # <file system> <dir>   <type>  <options>       <dump>  <pass>
 
-/dev/mapper/md0-unlocked / btrfs relatime,ssd 0 0
-/dev/md1 /boot btrfs relatime,ssd 0 0
+/dev/mapper/md0-unlocked / ext4 relatime 0 0
+/dev/md1 /boot ext4 relatime 0 0
diff --git a/post-debootstrap-installer.sh b/post-debootstrap-installer.sh
index a243019..2432a0d 100755
--- a/post-debootstrap-installer.sh
+++ b/post-debootstrap-installer.sh
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ apt-get -y install locales
 
 ### boot
 
-apt-get -y install mdadm cryptsetup btrfs-tools systemd systemd-sysv dropbear
+apt-get -y install mdadm cryptsetup systemd systemd-sysv dropbear
 
 # generate minimal mdadm.conf
 mdadm --examine --scan | perl -pe 's/.*\/dev\/md\/?([0-9]+) .*UUID\=(.+?) .*/ARRAY \/dev\/md$1 UUID=$2/' > /etc/mdadm/mdadm.conf
diff --git a/setup.sh b/setup.sh
index f3713b2..a7eddf8 100755
--- a/setup.sh
+++ b/setup.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 set -e
 
 
-apt-get -y install mdadm btrfs-tools cryptsetup
+apt-get -y install mdadm cryptsetup
 
 # returns /dev/md0 as root device
 # returns /dev/md1 as boot device
@@ -21,12 +21,12 @@ unset md0pwd
 chroot=/mnt/md0-unlocked
 
 # root device
-mkfs.btrfs -f /dev/mapper/md0-unlocked
+mkfs.ext4 -f /dev/mapper/md0-unlocked
 mkdir /mnt/md0-unlocked
 mount /dev/mapper/md0-unlocked /mnt/md0-unlocked
 
 # boot device
-mkfs.btrfs -f /dev/md1
+mkfs.ext4 -f /dev/md1
 mkdir "$chroot/boot"
 mount /dev/md1 "$chroot/boot"