diff --git a/tools/fixup_stuff.sh b/tools/fixup_stuff.sh
index f1dc76a0af..8b1e4df06e 100755
--- a/tools/fixup_stuff.sh
+++ b/tools/fixup_stuff.sh
@@ -124,6 +124,14 @@ fi
 
 if [[ $DISTRO =~ (rhel6) ]]; then
 
+    # install_pip.sh installs the latest setuptools over the packaged
+    # version.  We can't really uninstall the packaged version if it
+    # is there, because it may remove other important things like
+    # cloud-init.  Things work, but there can be an old egg file left
+    # around from the package that causes some really strange
+    # setuptools errors.  Remove it, if it is there
+    sudo rm -f /usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/setuptools-0.6*.egg-info
+
     # If the ``dbus`` package was installed by DevStack dependencies the
     # uuid may not be generated because the service was never started (PR#598200),
     # causing Nova to stop later on complaining that ``/var/lib/dbus/machine-id``