diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d78f810..47d6bdf 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 !README.org
 !init.el
 !straight-boot.el
-!install_deps
+!runtime_pkgs
 
 # track versions of installed packages
 !straight
diff --git a/etc/conf.org b/etc/conf.org
index 835fa2c..cd65393 100644
--- a/etc/conf.org
+++ b/etc/conf.org
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ dependencies to return."
   (let ((helpers (list "yay")))
     (-first #'executable-find helpers)))
 
-(defun nd/pacman-dependencies (uninstalled?)
+(defun nd/pacman-dependencies (&optional uninstalled?)
   "Return pacman and aur dependencies.
 If UNINSTALLED? is non-nil, return only the packages that are not
 installed but required by this config."
@@ -287,6 +287,10 @@ installed but required by this config."
             (try-install "unofficial" nd/aur-helper aur-args aur))
         (message "No aur helper found")))
     nil))
+
+(defun nd/dump-arch-dependencies ()
+  (-let (((pacman aur) (nd/pacman-dependencies nil)))
+    (print (s-join "\n" (append pacman aur)))))
 #+end_src
 *** Setup
 #+begin_src emacs-lisp
diff --git a/install_deps b/install_deps
deleted file mode 100755
index d8ccf78..0000000
--- a/install_deps
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-## Install all dependencies for emacs to run at full capacity
-
-EMACS_PKG=emacs-nativecomp
-
-if ! command -v emacs > /dev/null; then
-    if sudo pacman -S "$EMACS_PKG"; then
-        echo "Could not install emacs. Exiting"
-        exit 1
-    fi
-fi
-
-if command -v yay > /dev/null; then
-    emacs -batch -l init.el -f nd/install-arch-dependencies
-else
-    echo "Yay not installed. Exiting"
-    exit 1
-fi
diff --git a/runtime_pkgs b/runtime_pkgs
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..2beb857
--- /dev/null
+++ b/runtime_pkgs
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Print a list of all pacman packages required to run this emacs configuration
+
+this_dir=$(dirname "$0")
+
+emacs -batch \
+      -l "$this_dir/init.el" \
+      -f nd/dump-arch-dependencies \
+      2> /dev/null | \
+    sed 's/"//'