diff --git a/stack.sh b/stack.sh
index 7635f32298..ef4591e232 100755
--- a/stack.sh
+++ b/stack.sh
@@ -209,14 +209,6 @@ if is_ubuntu; then
     echo 'APT::Acquire::Retries "20";' | sudo tee /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/80retry  >/dev/null
 fi
 
-# upstream Rackspace centos7 images have an issue where cloud-init is
-# installed via pip because there were not official packages when the
-# image was created (fix in the works).  Remove all pip packages
-# before we do anything else
-if [[ $DISTRO = "rhel7" && is_rackspace ]]; then
-    (sudo pip freeze | xargs sudo pip uninstall -y) || true
-fi
-
 # Some distros need to add repos beyond the defaults provided by the vendor
 # to pick up required packages.