diff --git a/tools/install_pip.sh b/tools/install_pip.sh
index 0ea8f536f6..64cc20052e 100755
--- a/tools/install_pip.sh
+++ b/tools/install_pip.sh
@@ -2,13 +2,11 @@
 
 # **install_pip.sh**
 
-# install_pip.sh [--pip-version <version>] [--use-get-pip] [--setuptools] [--force]
+# install_pip.sh [--pip-version <version>] [--use-get-pip] [--force]
 #
 # Update pip and friends to a known common version
 
 # Assumptions:
-# - currently we try to leave the system setuptools alone, install
-#   the system package if it is not already present
 # - update pip to $INSTALL_PIP_VERSION
 
 # Keep track of the current directory
@@ -25,7 +23,7 @@ FILES=$TOP_DIR/files
 
 # Handle arguments
 
-INSTALL_PIP_VERSION=${INSTALL_PIP_VERSION:-"1.4"}
+INSTALL_PIP_VERSION=${INSTALL_PIP_VERSION:-"1.4.1"}
 while [[ -n "$1" ]]; do
     case $1 in
         --force)
@@ -35,9 +33,6 @@ while [[ -n "$1" ]]; do
             INSTALL_PIP_VERSION="$2"
             shift
             ;;
-        --setuptools)
-            SETUPTOOLS=1
-            ;;
         --use-get-pip)
             USE_GET_PIP=1;
             ;;
@@ -45,7 +40,6 @@ while [[ -n "$1" ]]; do
     shift
 done
 
-SETUPTOOLS_EZ_SETUP_URL=https://bitbucket.org/pypa/setuptools/raw/bootstrap/ez_setup.py
 PIP_GET_PIP_URL=https://raw.github.com/pypa/pip/master/contrib/get-pip.py
 PIP_TAR_URL=https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/p/pip/pip-$INSTALL_PIP_VERSION.tar.gz
 
@@ -55,21 +49,11 @@ echo "Distro: $DISTRO"
 function get_versions() {
     PIP=$(which pip 2>/dev/null || which pip-python 2>/dev/null)
     if [[ -n $PIP ]]; then
-        DISTRIBUTE_VERSION=$($PIP freeze | grep 'distribute==')
-        SETUPTOOLS_VERSION=$($PIP freeze | grep 'setuptools==')
         PIP_VERSION=$($PIP --version | awk '{ print $2}')
-        echo "pip: $PIP_VERSION  setuptools: $SETUPTOOLS_VERSION  distribute: $DISTRIBUTE_VERSION"
+        echo "pip: $PIP_VERSION"
     fi
 }
 
-function setuptools_ez_setup() {
-    if [[ ! -r $FILES/ez_setup.py ]]; then
-        (cd $FILES; \
-         curl -OR $SETUPTOOLS_EZ_SETUP_URL; \
-        )
-    fi
-    sudo python $FILES/ez_setup.py
-}
 
 function install_get_pip() {
     if [[ ! -r $FILES/get-pip.py ]]; then
@@ -90,29 +74,15 @@ function install_pip_tarball() {
 # Show starting versions
 get_versions
 
-# Do setuptools
-if [[ -n "$SETUPTOOLS" ]]; then
-    # We want it from source
-    uninstall_package python-setuptools
-    setuptools_ez_setup
-else
-    # See about installing the distro setuptools
-    if ! python -c "import setuptools"; then
-        install_package python-setuptools
-    fi
-fi
-
 # Do pip
-if [[ -z $PIP || "$PIP_VERSION" != "$INSTALL_PIP_VERSION" || -n $FORCE ]]; then
 
-    # Eradicate any and all system packages
-    uninstall_package python-pip
+# Eradicate any and all system packages
+uninstall_package python-pip
 
-    if [[ -n "$USE_GET_PIP" ]]; then
-        install_get_pip
-    else
-        install_pip_tarball
-    fi
-
-    get_versions
+if [[ -n "$USE_GET_PIP" ]]; then
+    install_get_pip
+else
+    install_pip_tarball
 fi
+
+get_versions