diff --git a/test/regenerator.js b/test/regenerator.js
index 2a2481cba7..1e9019d52c 100644
--- a/test/regenerator.js
+++ b/test/regenerator.js
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ var _         = require("lodash");
 var regeneratorLoc = __dirname + "/../vendor/regenerator";
 
 if (!fs.existsSync(regeneratorLoc)) {
-  console.error("No vendor/regenerator - run `git submodule update --init && cd vendor/regenerator && npm install`");
+  console.error("No vendor/regenerator - run `make bootstrap`");
   process.exit(1);
 }
 
diff --git a/test/traceur.js b/test/traceur.js
index a52e2deaad..e066effd17 100644
--- a/test/traceur.js
+++ b/test/traceur.js
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ var _  = require("lodash");
 
 var traceurLoc = __dirname + "/../vendor/traceur";
 if (!fs.existsSync(traceurLoc)) {
-  console.error("No vendor/traceur - run `git submodule update --init`");
+  console.error("No vendor/traceur - run `make bootstrap`");
   process.exit(1);
 }