diff --git a/install.xml b/install.xml
index 03deb2f065455422594a63d2fd034d17139815fa..54d0600eb75190c2a7415c54130f49025c4b2f47 100644
--- a/install.xml
+++ b/install.xml
@@ -920,13 +920,6 @@ anguage Infrstructure (CLI) international standard</string>
         <string>gpl</string>
         <key>packages</key>
         <map>
-          <key>linux</key>
-          <map>
-            <key>md5sum</key>
-            <string>cc86b4cc858655e23704d1168325d7b9</string>
-            <key>url</key>
-            <uri>scp:install-packages.lindenlab.com:/local/www/install-packages/doc/mysqlclient-linux-20090320.tar.bz2</uri>
-          </map>
           <key>darwin</key>
           <map>
             <key>md5sum</key>
diff --git a/scripts/install.py b/scripts/install.py
index 6278fba16cb5897f951fd543b76a7759df524c0a..5069918beecc01827f036e67de6e991349b83d07 100755
--- a/scripts/install.py
+++ b/scripts/install.py
@@ -779,7 +779,7 @@ def _get_platform():
             # TODO -- someday when install.py accepts a platform of the form 
             # os/arch/compiler/compiler_version then we can replace the 
             # 'linux64' platform with 'linux/x86_64/gcc/4.1'
-            this_platform = 'linux'
+            this_platform = 'linux64'
     return this_platform
 
 def _getuser():