diff --git a/src/.config b/src/.config
index 430187db1..301bf0397 100644
--- a/src/.config
+++ b/src/.config
@@ -41,12 +41,6 @@ SYSLINUX_SOURCE_URL=http://kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/boot/syslinux/syslinux-6.0
 #                                                                   #
 #####################################################################
 
-# You can find the latest ncurses archives here:
-#
-#   https://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/ncurses/
-#
-NCURSES_SOURCE_URL=https://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/ncurses/ncurses-6.0.tar.gz
-
 # You can find the latest Open JDK archives here:
 #
 #   http://jdk.java.net/9
diff --git a/src/minimal_overlay/bundles/ncurses/bundle_deps b/src/minimal_overlay/bundles/ncurses/.config
similarity index 55%
rename from src/minimal_overlay/bundles/ncurses/bundle_deps
rename to src/minimal_overlay/bundles/ncurses/.config
index c90ba833f..4f5c94fe1 100644
--- a/src/minimal_overlay/bundles/ncurses/bundle_deps
+++ b/src/minimal_overlay/bundles/ncurses/.config
@@ -4,4 +4,10 @@
 # bundle 'ncurses'. On Ubuntu you can add the headers with
 # the following command:
 #
-# sudo apt install libncurses5-dev
+#   sudo apt install libncurses-dev
+#
+# You can find the latest ncurses archives here:
+#
+#   https://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/ncurses/
+#
+NCURSES_SOURCE_URL=https://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/ncurses/ncurses-6.0.tar.gz
diff --git a/src/minimal_overlay/bundles/ncurses/01_get.sh b/src/minimal_overlay/bundles/ncurses/01_get.sh
index d8f16a657..0a29bcab5 100755
--- a/src/minimal_overlay/bundles/ncurses/01_get.sh
+++ b/src/minimal_overlay/bundles/ncurses/01_get.sh
@@ -4,15 +4,13 @@ set -e
 
 . ../../common.sh
 
-# Grab everything after the '=' character.
-DOWNLOAD_URL=$(grep -i NCURSES_SOURCE_URL $MAIN_SRC_DIR/.config | cut -f2 -d'=')
+# Read the common configuration properties.
+DOWNLOAD_URL=`read_property NCURSES_SOURCE_URL`
+USE_LOCAL_SOURCE=`read_property USE_LOCAL_SOURCE`
 
 # Grab everything after the last '/' character.
 ARCHIVE_FILE=${DOWNLOAD_URL##*/}
 
-# Read the 'USE_LOCAL_SOURCE' property from '.config'
-USE_LOCAL_SOURCE="$(grep -i USE_LOCAL_SOURCE $MAIN_SRC_DIR/.config | cut -f2 -d'=')"
-
 if [ "$USE_LOCAL_SOURCE" = "true" -a ! -f $MAIN_SRC_DIR/source/overlay/$ARCHIVE_FILE  ] ; then
   echo "Source bundle $MAIN_SRC_DIR/source/overlay/$ARCHIVE_FILE is missing and will be downloaded."
   USE_LOCAL_SOURCE="false"