diff --git a/misc/deps_linux/ubuntu-2204.json b/misc/deps_linux/ubuntu-2204.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 2ea3398ef1..0000000000
--- a/misc/deps_linux/ubuntu-2204.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "image": "ubuntu:22.04"
-}
diff --git a/misc/deps_linux/ubuntu-2204.sh b/misc/deps_linux/ubuntu-2204.sh
index af190d2c29..f52465d055 100755
--- a/misc/deps_linux/ubuntu-2204.sh
+++ b/misc/deps_linux/ubuntu-2204.sh
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ packages+='git '
 packages+='zip '
 packages+='unzip '
 packages+='tar '
+packages+='curl '  # required by vcpkg
 # packages+='pkgconf '
 # packages+='lld '
 # gdb is also recommended for debugging but isn't required
diff --git a/misc/deps_linux/ubuntu-2404.json b/misc/deps_linux/ubuntu-2404.json
deleted file mode 100644
index e704a44c4c..0000000000
--- a/misc/deps_linux/ubuntu-2404.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "image": "ubuntu:24.04"
-}
diff --git a/misc/deps_linux/ubuntu-2404.sh b/misc/deps_linux/ubuntu-2404.sh
index 6a9f5bf9d0..6f3b6e6eef 100755
--- a/misc/deps_linux/ubuntu-2404.sh
+++ b/misc/deps_linux/ubuntu-2404.sh
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ packages+='git '
 packages+='zip '
 packages+='unzip '
 packages+='tar '
+packages+='curl '  # required by vcpkg
 # packages+='pkgconf '
 # packages+='lld '
 # gdb is also recommended for debugging but isn't required