diff --git a/extra/update/update.factor b/extra/update/update.factor
index f186837548..9b10ea746f 100644
--- a/extra/update/update.factor
+++ b/extra/update/update.factor
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 
 USING: kernel system sequences io.files io.launcher bootstrap.image
+       http.client
        builder.util builder.release.branch ;
 
 IN: update
@@ -23,7 +24,7 @@ IN: update
 : remote-clean-image ( -- url )
   "http://factorcode.org/images/clean/" my-boot-image-name append ;
 
-: download-clean-image ( -- ) { "wget" remote-clean-image } run-command ;
+: download-clean-image ( -- ) remote-clean-image download ;
 
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