diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index a6bb230708..a94d60a0ef 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 
 # Duplicated from stackrc for now
 DEST=/opt/stack
-WHEELHOUSE=$(DEST)/.wheelhouse
 
 all:
 	echo "This just saved you from a terrible mistake!"
@@ -25,9 +24,6 @@ stack:
 unstack:
 	./unstack.sh
 
-wheels:
-	WHEELHOUSE=$(WHEELHOUSE) tools/build_wheels.sh
-
 docs:
 	tox -edocs
 
@@ -57,7 +53,7 @@ clean:
 
 # Clean out the cache too
 realclean: clean
-	rm -rf files/cirros*.tar.gz files/Fedora*.qcow2 $(WHEELHOUSE)
+	rm -rf files/cirros*.tar.gz files/Fedora*.qcow2
 
 # Repo stuffs
 
diff --git a/doc/source/index.rst b/doc/source/index.rst
index 99e96b1d1a..b65730ffe8 100644
--- a/doc/source/index.rst
+++ b/doc/source/index.rst
@@ -206,7 +206,6 @@ Tools
 
 * `tools/build\_docs.sh <tools/build_docs.sh.html>`__
 * `tools/build\_venv.sh <tools/build_venv.sh.html>`__
-* `tools/build\_wheels.sh <tools/build_wheels.sh.html>`__
 * `tools/create-stack-user.sh <tools/create-stack-user.sh.html>`__
 * `tools/create\_userrc.sh <tools/create_userrc.sh.html>`__
 * `tools/fixup\_stuff.sh <tools/fixup_stuff.sh.html>`__
diff --git a/files/venv-requirements.txt b/files/venv-requirements.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index b9a55b423d..0000000000
--- a/files/venv-requirements.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-# Once we can prebuild wheels before a devstack run, uncomment the skipped libraries
-cryptography
-# lxml # still install from from packages
-# netifaces # still install from packages
-#numpy    # slowest wheel by far, stop building until we are actually using the output
-posix-ipc
-# psycopg # still install from packages
-pycrypto
-pyOpenSSL
-PyYAML
-xattr
diff --git a/stack.sh b/stack.sh
index bdbb025a0b..aedc5d4006 100755
--- a/stack.sh
+++ b/stack.sh
@@ -716,12 +716,6 @@ source $TOP_DIR/tools/fixup_stuff.sh
 # Install required infra support libraries
 install_infra
 
-# Pre-build some problematic wheels
-if [[ -n ${WHEELHOUSE:-} && ! -d ${WHEELHOUSE:-} ]]; then
-    source $TOP_DIR/tools/build_wheels.sh
-fi
-
-
 # Extras Pre-install
 # ------------------
 # Phase: pre-install
diff --git a/stackrc b/stackrc
index 819aa0125c..d9f477e8ce 100644
--- a/stackrc
+++ b/stackrc
@@ -143,11 +143,6 @@ USE_VENV=$(trueorfalse False USE_VENV)
 # requirmenets files here, in a comma-separated list
 ADDITIONAL_VENV_PACKAGES=${ADITIONAL_VENV_PACKAGES:-""}
 
-# Configure wheel cache location
-export WHEELHOUSE=${WHEELHOUSE:-$DEST/.wheelhouse}
-export PIP_WHEEL_DIR=${PIP_WHEEL_DIR:-$WHEELHOUSE}
-export PIP_FIND_LINKS=${PIP_FIND_LINKS:-file://$WHEELHOUSE}
-
 # This can be used to turn database query logging on and off
 # (currently only implemented for MySQL backend)
 DATABASE_QUERY_LOGGING=$(trueorfalse False DATABASE_QUERY_LOGGING)
diff --git a/tools/build_wheels.sh b/tools/build_wheels.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 14c2999c8f..0000000000
--- a/tools/build_wheels.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,86 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-#
-# **tools/build_wheels.sh** - Build a cache of Python wheels
-#
-# build_wheels.sh [package [...]]
-#
-# System package prerequisites listed in ``files/*/devlibs`` will be installed
-#
-# Builds wheels for all virtual env requirements listed in
-# ``venv-requirements.txt`` plus any supplied on the command line.
-#
-# Assumes:
-# - ``tools/install_pip.sh`` has been run and a suitable ``pip/setuptools`` is available.
-
-# If ``TOP_DIR`` is set we're being sourced rather than running stand-alone
-# or in a sub-shell
-if [[ -z "$TOP_DIR" ]]; then
-
-    set -o errexit
-    set -o nounset
-
-    # Keep track of the DevStack directory
-    TOP_DIR=$(cd $(dirname "$0")/.. && pwd)
-    FILES=$TOP_DIR/files
-
-    # Import common functions
-    source $TOP_DIR/functions
-
-    GetDistro
-
-    source $TOP_DIR/stackrc
-
-    trap err_trap ERR
-
-fi
-
-# Get additional packages to build
-MORE_PACKAGES="$@"
-
-# Exit on any errors so that errors don't compound
-function err_trap {
-    local r=$?
-    set +o xtrace
-
-    rm -rf $TMP_VENV_PATH
-
-    exit $r
-}
-
-# Get system prereqs
-install_package $(get_packages devlibs)
-
-# Get a modern ``virtualenv``
-pip_install virtualenv
-
-# Prepare the workspace
-TMP_VENV_PATH=$(mktemp -d tmp-venv-XXXX)
-virtualenv $TMP_VENV_PATH
-
-# Install modern pip and wheel
-PIP_VIRTUAL_ENV=$TMP_VENV_PATH pip_install -U pip wheel
-
-# BUG: cffi has a lot of issues. It has no stable ABI, if installed
-# code is built with a different ABI than the one that's detected at
-# load time, it tries to compile on the fly for the new ABI in the
-# install location (which will probably be /usr and not
-# writable). Also cffi is often included via setup_requires by
-# packages, which have different install rules (allowing betas) than
-# pip has.
-#
-# Because of this we must pip install cffi into the venv to build
-# wheels.
-PIP_VIRTUAL_ENV=$TMP_VENV_PATH pip_install_gr cffi
-
-# ``VENV_PACKAGES`` is a list of packages we want to pre-install
-VENV_PACKAGE_FILE=$FILES/venv-requirements.txt
-if [[ -r $VENV_PACKAGE_FILE ]]; then
-    VENV_PACKAGES=$(grep -v '^#' $VENV_PACKAGE_FILE)
-fi
-
-for pkg in ${VENV_PACKAGES,/ } ${MORE_PACKAGES}; do
-    $TMP_VENV_PATH/bin/pip wheel $pkg
-done
-
-# Clean up wheel workspace
-rm -rf $TMP_VENV_PATH