diff --git a/docs/prod-install.md b/docs/prod-install.md
index 68d468df01..b86728de06 100644
--- a/docs/prod-install.md
+++ b/docs/prod-install.md
@@ -33,9 +33,8 @@ First, install the Let's Encrypt client [Certbot](https://certbot.eff.org/) and
 then generate the certificate:
 
 ```
-apt-get install -y git bc openssl
-git clone https://github.com/certbot/certbot /opt/letsencrypt
-cd /opt/letsencrypt
+wget https://dl.eff.org/certbot-auto
+chmod a+x certbot-auto
 ./certbot-auto certonly --standalone
 ```