diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 30779464d..59a5caf82 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -8,9 +8,10 @@ COPY . .
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends gnupg ca-certificates=* curl=* \
   python3-pip=* python3=* \
   && pip3 config set global.break-system-packages true \
-  && pip3 install 'wheel>=0.35.1' \
   && ./install.sh --docker-install \
-  && apt-get purge -y --autoremove python3-pip \
+  && apt-get purge -y --autoremove \
+    python3-dev python3-pip \
+    automake build-essential cpp pkg-config libffi-dev libssl-dev \
   && apt-get clean \
   && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
index 2e530819a..cd7fcd49b 100755
--- a/install.sh
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -604,8 +604,6 @@ main ()
         fi
         # shellcheck source=/dev/null
         source "${jm_root}/bin/activate"
-    else
-        upgrade_setuptools
     fi
     if [[ ${build_local_tor} == "1" ]]; then
         if ! tor_deps_install; then