diff --git a/bottlecap b/bottlecap
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--- a/bottlecap
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-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-set -euo pipefail
-
-# bottlecap, 'cause it's kinda like cork... get it?
-
-usage() {
-	echo "usage:"
-	echo "bottlecap [--dev] [--dry-run] [--runtime $runtime] [--build-dir $build_dir] [--container $container] assemblerargs..."
-	echo "  --dev: rebuild and reinstall mantle and the build scripts before running coreos-assembler"
-	echo "  --dry-run: do not run CoreOS Assembler; print what commands would be executed instead"
-	echo "  --runtime: (auto) specify whether to use podman or docker. Defaults to podman if it is in \$PATH"
-	echo "  --build-dir: Where to put build artifacts, defaults to the current directory"
-	echo "  --container: which coreos-assembler container to use"
-	echo "  --help: print this help message"
-}
-
-dev=0
-dryrun=0
-help=0
-runtime="podman"
-command -v podman > /dev/null || runtime="docker"
-build_dir="$(pwd)"
-container="quay.io/coreos-assembler/coreos-assembler"
-
-rc=0
-TEMP=$(getopt -o 'dr:b:c:h' --long 'dev,dry-run,runtime:,build-dir:,container:,help' -- "$@") || rc=$?
-if [ "$rc" -ne 0 ]; then
-	1>&2 echo "Bad arguments. getopt failed."
-	usage
-	exit 1
-fi
-
-eval set -- "$TEMP"
-
-while :
-do
-	case "$1" in
-		"-d"|"--dev")
-	  		dev=1
-			shift
-			;;
-		"--dry-run")
-			dryrun=1
-			shift
-			;;
-		"-r"|"--runtime")
-			shift
-			runtime="$1"
-			shift
-			;;
-		"-b"|"--build-dir")
-			shift
-			build_dir=$(readlink -f "$1")
-			shift
-			;;
-		"-c"|"--container")
-			shift
-			container="$1"
-			shift
-			;;
-		"-h"|"--help")
-			help=1
-			shift
-			;;
-		--)
-			shift
-			break
-			;;
-		*)
-			1>&2 echo "Error parsing args"
-			exit 1
-			;;
-	esac
-done
-
-if [ "$help" = 1 ]; then
-	usage
-	exit 0
-fi
-
-script_dir=$(dirname "$(readlink -f "$0")")
-
-volumes="-v $build_dir:/srv "
-
-entrypoint=""
-
-if [ "$dev" = 1 ]; then
-	mkdir -p "$script_dir/.gocache"
-	volumes="$volumes -v $script_dir:/host/src "
-	volumes="$volumes -v $script_dir/.gocache:/root/.cache/go-build "
-	entrypoint="--entrypoint /host/src/bottlecap-shim"
-fi
-
-if [ "$dryrun" = 1 ]; then
-	# prefix $runtime with `echo` so the command is printed rather than executed
-	runtime="echo $runtime"
-	echo "Command to be executed:"
-else
-	set -x
-fi
-
-# we actually want work splitting here since $volumes is multiple args
-# shellcheck disable=SC2086
-$runtime run --rm -ti --device '/dev/kvm' $volumes --workdir /srv $entrypoint "$container" "$@"
diff --git a/bottlecap-shim b/bottlecap-shim
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--- a/bottlecap-shim
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-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-set -euo pipefail
-
-pushd /host/src/ || exit 1
-sudo ./build.sh make_and_makeinstall
-popd || exit 1
-
-exec /usr/bin/dumb-init /usr/bin/coreos-assembler "$@"