diff --git a/elements/bootloader/README.rst b/elements/bootloader/README.rst
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+==========
+bootloader
+==========
+Installs grub[2] on boot partition on the system. In case GRUB2
+is not available in the system, a fallback to Extlinux will happen. It's
+also possible to enforce the use of Extlinux by exporting a DIB_EXTLINUX
+variable to the environment.
diff --git a/elements/vm/cleanup.d/51-bootloader b/elements/bootloader/cleanup.d/51-bootloader
similarity index 100%
rename from elements/vm/cleanup.d/51-bootloader
rename to elements/bootloader/cleanup.d/51-bootloader
diff --git a/elements/vm/finalise.d/51-bootloader b/elements/bootloader/finalise.d/50-bootloader
similarity index 100%
rename from elements/vm/finalise.d/51-bootloader
rename to elements/bootloader/finalise.d/50-bootloader
diff --git a/elements/vm/README.rst b/elements/vm/README.rst
index 678982e4..4dbf6e36 100644
--- a/elements/vm/README.rst
+++ b/elements/vm/README.rst
@@ -3,8 +3,3 @@ vm
 ==
 Sets up a partitioned disk (rather than building just one filesystem with no
 partition table).
-
-By default the disk will have grub[2]-install run on it. In case GRUB2
-is not available in the system, a fallback to Extlinux will happen. It's
-also possible to enforce the use of Extlinux by exporting a DIB_EXTLINUX
-variable to the environment.
diff --git a/elements/vm/element-deps b/elements/vm/element-deps
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+bootloader