diff --git a/tools/appliance/definitions/systemvmtemplate/base.sh b/tools/appliance/definitions/systemvmtemplate/base.sh
index 6b44e0aac3a..a6b69e6f096 100644
--- a/tools/appliance/definitions/systemvmtemplate/base.sh
+++ b/tools/appliance/definitions/systemvmtemplate/base.sh
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 # Update the box
 apt-get -y update
 #below are needed for ruby perhaps
-apt-get -y install linux-headers-$(uname -r) build-essential
-apt-get -y install zlib1g-dev libssl-dev libreadline-gplv2-dev
+#apt-get -y install linux-headers-$(uname -r) build-essential
+#apt-get -y install zlib1g-dev libssl-dev libreadline-gplv2-dev
 apt-get -y install curl unzip
 apt-get clean
 
diff --git a/tools/appliance/definitions/systemvmtemplate/cleanup.sh b/tools/appliance/definitions/systemvmtemplate/cleanup.sh
index bf8a6192e53..886bc596037 100644
--- a/tools/appliance/definitions/systemvmtemplate/cleanup.sh
+++ b/tools/appliance/definitions/systemvmtemplate/cleanup.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 # Clean up
-apt-get -y remove linux-headers-$(uname -r) build-essential
+#apt-get -y remove linux-headers-$(uname -r) build-essential
+apt-get -y remove dictionaries-common busybox
 apt-get -y autoremove
+apt-get clean
 
 # Removing leftover leases and persistent rules
 echo "cleaning up dhcp leases"
@@ -15,3 +17,6 @@ rm /lib/udev/rules.d/75-persistent-net-generator.rules
 
 echo "Adding a 2 sec delay to the interface up, to make the dhclient happy"
 echo "pre-up sleep 2" >> /etc/network/interfaces
+
+#clean up stuff copied in by veewee
+rm -f /root/*
diff --git a/tools/appliance/definitions/systemvmtemplate/cloudstack-packages.sh b/tools/appliance/definitions/systemvmtemplate/cloudstack-packages.sh
index fc8c12da6b3..9870191859d 100644
--- a/tools/appliance/definitions/systemvmtemplate/cloudstack-packages.sh
+++ b/tools/appliance/definitions/systemvmtemplate/cloudstack-packages.sh
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ do_fixes() {
 }
 
 signature() {
+  mkdir -p /var/cache/cloud/
   touch /var/cache/cloud/cloud-scripts-signature
   echo "Cloudstack Release $CLOUDSTACK_RELEASE $(date)" > /etc/cloudstack-release
 }
diff --git a/tools/appliance/definitions/systemvmtemplate/definition.rb b/tools/appliance/definitions/systemvmtemplate/definition.rb
index cc2f972bdf0..406f6131d5c 100644
--- a/tools/appliance/definitions/systemvmtemplate/definition.rb
+++ b/tools/appliance/definitions/systemvmtemplate/definition.rb
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ Veewee::Definition.declare({
   :kickstart_file => "preseed.cfg",
   :ssh_login_timeout => "10000",
   :ssh_user => "root",
-  :ssh_password => "vagrant",
+  :ssh_password => "password",
   :ssh_key => "",
   :ssh_host_port => "7222",
   :ssh_guest_port => "22",