diff --git a/aws_gate/cli.py b/aws_gate/cli.py
index ac37c2f..9743415 100644
--- a/aws_gate/cli.py
+++ b/aws_gate/cli.py
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ from marshmallow import ValidationError
 from yaml.scanner import ScannerError

 from aws_gate import __version__, __description__
-from aws_gate.bootstrap import bootstrap
 from aws_gate.config import load_config_from_files
 from aws_gate.constants import (
     SUPPORTED_KEY_TYPES,
@@ -59,10 +58,14 @@ def get_argument_parser(*args, **kwargs):

     # 'bootstrap' subcommand
     bootstrap_parser = subparsers.add_parser(
-        "bootstrap", help="Download and install session-manager-plugin"
+        "bootstrap",
+        help="Download and install session-manager-plugin (disabled by nix)",
     )
     bootstrap_parser.add_argument(
-        "-f", "--force", action="store_true", help="Forces bootstrap operation"
+        "-f",
+        "--force",
+        action="store_true",
+        help="Forces bootstrap operation (disabled by nix)",
     )

     # 'exec' subcommand
@@ -268,7 +271,9 @@ def main(args=None, argument_parser=None):
     logger.debug('Using AWS profile "%s" in region "%s"', profile, region)

     if args.subcommand == "bootstrap":
-        bootstrap(force=args.force)
+        print(
+            f"The SSM Plugin will not be downloaded as aws-gate was installed from nixpkgs and the plugin comes pre-bundled. The '--force' flag will not override this behavior."
+        )
     elif args.subcommand == "exec":
         exec(
             config=config,