diff --git a/plinth/forms.py b/plinth/forms.py
deleted file mode 100644
index aa3ee74b4..000000000
--- a/plinth/forms.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-#
-# This file is part of Plinth.
-#
-# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as
-# published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
-# License, or (at your option) any later version.
-#
-# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-# GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
-#
-# You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
-# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-#
-
-"""
-Plinth framework forms
-"""
-
-from django import forms
-
-
-class PackageInstallForm(forms.Form):
-    """Prompt for installation of a package.
-
-    XXX: Don't store the package list in a hidden input as it can be
-    modified on the client side.  Use session store to store and retrieve
-    the package list.  It has to be form specific so that multiple
-    instances of forms don't clash with each other.
-    """
-    package_names = forms.CharField(widget=forms.HiddenInput)
diff --git a/plinth/templates/package_install.html b/plinth/templates/package_install.html
index 0624a8898..f853a3e2c 100644
--- a/plinth/templates/package_install.html
+++ b/plinth/templates/package_install.html
@@ -55,9 +55,6 @@
 
     <form action="" method="post">
       {% csrf_token %}
-
-      {{ form|bootstrap }}
-
       <input type="submit" class="btn btn-md btn-primary" value="Install" />
     </form>
 
diff --git a/plinth/views.py b/plinth/views.py
index 81a58c022..e63501af5 100644
--- a/plinth/views.py
+++ b/plinth/views.py
@@ -19,13 +19,11 @@
 Main Plinth views
 """
 
-from django.core.exceptions import ImproperlyConfigured
 from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse
 from django.http.response import HttpResponseRedirect
-from django.views.generic.edit import FormView
+from django.views.generic import TemplateView
 
 from plinth import package as package_module
-from plinth.forms import PackageInstallForm
 
 
 def index(request):
@@ -36,18 +34,16 @@ def index(request):
     return HttpResponseRedirect(reverse('help:about'))
 
 
-class PackageInstallView(FormView):
+class PackageInstallView(TemplateView):
     """View to prompt and install packages."""
     template_name = 'package_install.html'
-    form_class = PackageInstallForm
 
     def get_context_data(self, **kwargs):
         """Return the context data rendering the template."""
         context = super(PackageInstallView, self).get_context_data(**kwargs)
+
         if 'packages_names' not in context:
             context['package_names'] = self.kwargs.get('package_names', [])
-
-        # Package details must have been resolved before building the form
         context['packages'] = [package_module.packages_resolved[package_name]
                                for package_name in context['package_names']]
         context['is_installing'] = \
@@ -56,24 +52,11 @@ class PackageInstallView(FormView):
 
         return context
 
-    def get_initial(self):
-        """Return the initial data to be filled in the form."""
-        initial = super(PackageInstallView, self).get_initial()
-        try:
-            initial['package_names'] = ','.join(self.kwargs['package_names'])
-        except KeyError:
-            raise ImproperlyConfigured('Argument package_names must be '
-                                       'provided to PackageInstallView')
+    def post(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        """Handle installing packages
 
-        return initial
-
-    def form_valid(self, form):
-        """Handle successful validation of the form.
-
-        Start the package installation and show this view again.
+        Start the package installation, and refresh the page every x seconds to
+        keep displaying PackageInstallView.get() with the installation status.
         """
-        package_names = form.cleaned_data['package_names'].split(',')
-        package_module.start_install(package_names)
-
-        return self.render_to_response(
-            self.get_context_data(package_names=package_names))
+        package_module.start_install(self.kwargs['package_names'])
+        return self.render_to_response(self.get_context_data())