diff --git a/setup/install.py b/setup/install.py
index 82b828be80..71fce72459 100644
--- a/setup/install.py
+++ b/setup/install.py
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ class Bootstrap(Command):
 
     description = 'Bootstrap a fresh checkout of calibre from git to a state where it can be installed. Requires various development tools/libraries/headers'
     TRANSLATIONS_REPO = 'https://github.com/kovidgoyal/calibre-translations.git'
-    sub_commands = 'build iso639 iso3166 translations gui resources cacerts recent_uas mathjax'.split()
+    sub_commands = 'build iso639 iso3166 translations gui resources cacerts recent_uas'.split()
 
     def add_options(self, parser):
         parser.add_option('--ephemeral', default=False, action='store_true',