diff --git a/init.el b/init.el
index d4cd88b..453624f 100644
--- a/init.el
+++ b/init.el
@@ -61,7 +61,6 @@ ELPA (or MELPA).")
 (require 'prelude-mode)
 (require 'prelude-editor)
 (require 'prelude-global-keybindings)
-(require 'prelude-auto-install)
 
 ;; OSX specific settings
 (when (eq system-type 'darwin)
diff --git a/prelude/prelude-auto-install.el b/prelude/prelude-auto-install.el
deleted file mode 100644
index 6386e33..0000000
--- a/prelude/prelude-auto-install.el
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,71 +0,0 @@
-;;; prelude-auto-install.el --- Emacs Prelude: auto-install required packages
-;;
-;; Copyright (c) 2011-2012 Bozhidar Batsov
-;;
-;; Author: Bozhidar Batsov <bozhidar@batsov.com>
-;; URL: http://batsov.com/emacs-prelude
-;; Version: 1.0.0
-;; Keywords: convenience
-
-;; This file is not part of GNU Emacs.
-
-;;; Commentary:
-
-;; A simple mechanism to automatically install missing packages.
-
-;;; License:
-
-;; This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
-;; modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
-;; as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 3
-;; of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
-;;
-;; This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-;; but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-;; MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-;; GNU General Public License for more details.
-;;
-;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-;; along with GNU Emacs; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the
-;; Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
-;; Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
-
-;;; Code:
-
-
-(defmacro prelude-auto-install (ext mode)
-  `(unless (fboundp ',mode)
-     (add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist
-                  `(,ext . (lambda ()
-                            (package-install ',mode)
-                            (,mode))))))
-
-(defvar prelude-auto-install-alist
-  '(("\\.markdown\\'" . markdown-mode)
-    ("\\.md\\'" . markdown-mode)
-    ("\\.haml\\'" . haml-mode)
-    ("\\.scss\\'" . scss-mode)
-    ("\\.sass\\'" . sass-mode)
-    ("\\.groovy\\'" . groovy-mode)
-    ("\\.yml\\'" . yaml-mode)
-    ("\\.php\\'" . php-mode)
-    ("\\.hs\\'" . haskell-mode)
-    ("\\.less\\'" . less-css-mode)
-    ("\\.lua\\'" . lua-mode)
-    ("\\.coffee\\'" . coffee-mode)
-    ("\\.erl\\'" . erlang-mode)
-    ("\\.feature\\'" . feature-mode)))
-
-;; markdown-mode doesn't have autoloads for the auto-mode-alist
-;; so we add them manually if it's already installed
-(when (package-installed-p 'markdown-mode)
-  (add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist '("\\.markdown\\'" . markdown-mode))
-  (add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist '("\\.md\\'" . markdown-mode)))
-
-(dolist (entry prelude-auto-install-alist)
-  (let ((ext (car entry))
-        (mode (cdr entry)))
-   (prelude-auto-install ext mode)))
-
-(provide 'prelude-auto-install)
-;;; prelude-auto-install.el ends here
diff --git a/prelude/prelude-packages.el b/prelude/prelude-packages.el
index 9ae6dc1..0e18730 100644
--- a/prelude/prelude-packages.el
+++ b/prelude/prelude-packages.el
@@ -50,15 +50,52 @@
         when (not (package-installed-p p)) do (return nil)
         finally (return t)))
 
-(unless (prelude-packages-installed-p)
-  ;; check for new packages (package versions)
-  (message "%s" "Emacs Prelude is now refreshing its package database...")
-  (package-refresh-contents)
-  (message "%s" " done.")
-  ;; install the missing packages
-  (dolist (p prelude-packages)
-    (when (not (package-installed-p p))
-      (package-install p))))
+(defun prelude-install-packages ()
+  (unless (prelude-packages-installed-p)
+    ;; check for new packages (package versions)
+    (message "%s" "Emacs Prelude is now refreshing its package database...")
+    (package-refresh-contents)
+    (message "%s" " done.")
+    ;; install the missing packages
+    (dolist (p prelude-packages)
+      (unless (package-installed-p p)
+        (package-install p)))))
+
+(prelude-install-packages)
+
+(defmacro prelude-auto-install (ext mode)
+  `(add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist
+                `(,ext . (lambda ()
+                           (package-install ',mode)
+                           (,mode)))))
+
+(defvar prelude-auto-install-alist
+  '(("\\.markdown\\'" . markdown-mode)
+    ("\\.md\\'" . markdown-mode)
+    ("\\.haml\\'" . haml-mode)
+    ("\\.scss\\'" . scss-mode)
+    ("\\.sass\\'" . sass-mode)
+    ("\\.groovy\\'" . groovy-mode)
+    ("\\.yml\\'" . yaml-mode)
+    ("\\.php\\'" . php-mode)
+    ("\\.hs\\'" . haskell-mode)
+    ("\\.less\\'" . less-css-mode)
+    ("\\.lua\\'" . lua-mode)
+    ("\\.coffee\\'" . coffee-mode)
+    ("\\.erl\\'" . erlang-mode)
+    ("\\.feature\\'" . feature-mode)))
+
+;; markdown-mode doesn't have autoloads for the auto-mode-alist
+;; so we add them manually if it's already installed
+(when (package-installed-p 'markdown-mode)
+  (add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist '("\\.markdown\\'" . markdown-mode))
+  (add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist '("\\.md\\'" . markdown-mode)))
+
+(dolist (entry prelude-auto-install-alist)
+  (let ((ext (car entry))
+        (mode (cdr entry)))
+    (unless (package-installed-p mode)
+      (prelude-auto-install ext mode))))
 
 (provide 'prelude-packages)
 ;;; prelude-packages.el ends here