diff --git a/install_puppet.sh b/install_puppet.sh
index c061c0ed40..685e30d107 100755
--- a/install_puppet.sh
+++ b/install_puppet.sh
@@ -17,11 +17,8 @@
 # under the License.
 
 # Install pip using get-pip
-EZ_SETUP_URL=https://bitbucket.org/pypa/setuptools/raw/bootstrap/ez_setup.py
 PIP_GET_PIP_URL=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pypa/pip/master/contrib/get-pip.py
 
-curl -O $EZ_SETUP_URL || wget $EZ_SETUP_URL
-python ez_setup.py
 curl -O $PIP_GET_PIP_URL || wget $PIP_GET_PIP_URL
 python get-pip.py
 
diff --git a/modules/jenkins/manifests/slave.pp b/modules/jenkins/manifests/slave.pp
index d6ace6baf5..764b6dabc8 100644
--- a/modules/jenkins/manifests/slave.pp
+++ b/modules/jenkins/manifests/slave.pp
@@ -192,12 +192,6 @@ class jenkins::slave(
     }
   }
 
-  # Packages that need to be installed from pip
-  # Temporarily removed tox so we can pin it separately (see below)
-  $pip_packages = [
-    'setuptools-git',
-  ]
-
   if $python3 {
     if ($::lsbdistcodename == 'precise') {
       apt::ppa { 'ppa:zulcss/py3k':
@@ -205,11 +199,6 @@ class jenkins::slave(
       }
     }
     include pip::python3
-    package { $pip_packages:
-      ensure   => latest,  # we want the latest from these
-      provider => pip3,
-      require  => Class[pip::python3],
-    }
     # Temporarily handle tox separately so we can pin it
     package { 'tox':
       ensure   => '1.6.1',
@@ -217,11 +206,6 @@ class jenkins::slave(
       require  => Class['pip::python3'],
     }
   } else {
-    package { $pip_packages:
-      ensure   => latest,  # we want the latest from these
-      provider => pip,
-      require  => Class[pip],
-    }
     # Temporarily handle tox separately so we can pin it
     package { 'tox':
       ensure   => '1.6.1',
@@ -230,12 +214,6 @@ class jenkins::slave(
     }
   }
 
-  package { 'python-subunit':
-    ensure   => absent,
-    provider => pip,
-    require  => Class[pip],
-  }
-
   package { 'git-review':
     ensure   => '1.17',
     provider => pip,