diff --git a/certbot/setup.py b/certbot/setup.py
index 54dcea071..59561a917 100644
--- a/certbot/setup.py
+++ b/certbot/setup.py
@@ -89,7 +89,6 @@ dev_extras = [
     'pytest-xdist',
     'tox',
     'twine',
-    'wheel',
 ]
 
 dev3_extras = [
diff --git a/letsencrypt-auto-source/pieces/pipstrap.py b/letsencrypt-auto-source/pieces/pipstrap.py
index 346e23938..1fc02c300 100755
--- a/letsencrypt-auto-source/pieces/pipstrap.py
+++ b/letsencrypt-auto-source/pieces/pipstrap.py
@@ -76,9 +76,6 @@ PACKAGES = maybe_argparse + [
     ('37/1b/b25507861991beeade31473868463dad0e58b1978c209de27384ae541b0b/'
      'setuptools-40.6.3.zip',
      '3b474dad69c49f0d2d86696b68105f3a6f195f7ab655af12ef9a9c326d2b08f8'),
-    ('c9/1d/bd19e691fd4cfe908c76c429fe6e4436c9e83583c4414b54f6c85471954a/'
-     'wheel-0.29.0.tar.gz',
-     '1ebb8ad7e26b448e9caa4773d2357849bf80ff9e313964bcaf79cbf0201a1648')
 ]