diff --git a/files/rpms-suse/devlibs b/files/rpms-suse/devlibs
index dbcd6af95b..c9238252af 100644
--- a/files/rpms-suse/devlibs
+++ b/files/rpms-suse/devlibs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 libffi-devel  # pyOpenSSL
 libopenssl-devel  # pyOpenSSL
 libxml2-devel  # lxml
-libxslt-dev  # lxml
+libxslt-devel  # lxml
 postgresql-devel  # psycopg2
 python-devel  # pyOpenSSL
diff --git a/lib/databases/postgresql b/lib/databases/postgresql
index dfda9adbaf..e891a08754 100644
--- a/lib/databases/postgresql
+++ b/lib/databases/postgresql
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ EOF
     fi
 
     # Install Python client module
-    pip_install MySQL-python psycopg2
+    pip_install psycopg2
 }
 
 function database_connection_url_postgresql {
diff --git a/stack.sh b/stack.sh
index 6002cf9d17..f597f78c36 100755
--- a/stack.sh
+++ b/stack.sh
@@ -677,14 +677,8 @@ source $TOP_DIR/tools/fixup_stuff.sh
 # Virtual Environment
 # -------------------
 
-# Temporary hack for testing
-# This belongs in d-g functions.sh setup_host() or devstack-vm-gate.sh
-if [[ -d /var/cache/pip ]]; then
-    sudo chown -R $STACK_USER:$STACK_USER /var/cache/pip
-fi
-
 # Pre-build some problematic wheels
-if [[ ! -d ${WHEELHOUSE:-} ]]; then
+if [[ -n ${WHEELHOUSE:-} && ! -d ${WHEELHOUSE:-} ]]; then
     source $TOP_DIR/tools/build_wheels.sh
 fi
 
diff --git a/tools/build_venv.sh b/tools/build_venv.sh
index ad9508056b..11d1d35208 100755
--- a/tools/build_venv.sh
+++ b/tools/build_venv.sh
@@ -34,26 +34,13 @@ if [[ -z "$TOP_DIR" ]]; then
 
     source $TOP_DIR/stackrc
 
-    trap err_trap ERR
-
 fi
 
-# 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
-}
-
 # Build new venv
 virtualenv $VENV_DEST
 
 # Install modern pip
-$VENV_DEST/bin/pip install -U pip
+PIP_VIRTUAL_ENV=$VENV_DEST pip_install -U pip
 
-for pkg in ${MORE_PACKAGES}; do
-    pip_install_venv $VENV_DEST $pkg
-done
+# Install additional packages
+PIP_VIRTUAL_ENV=$VENV_DEST pip_install ${MORE_PACKAGES}
diff --git a/tools/build_wheels.sh b/tools/build_wheels.sh
index c87b6dafe6..31398f9b0e 100755
--- a/tools/build_wheels.sh
+++ b/tools/build_wheels.sh
@@ -36,10 +36,6 @@ fi
 # Get additional packages to build
 MORE_PACKAGES="$@"
 
-# Set a fall-back default, assume that since this script is being called
-# package builds are to happen even if WHEELHOUSE is not configured
-export WHEELHOUSE=${WHEELHOUSE:-.wheelhouse}
-
 # Exit on any errors so that errors don't compound
 function err_trap {
     local r=$?