diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 4d841476..5ed014ff 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,10 +1,17 @@
+ARG WHEELS=quay.io/airshipit/requirements:master-ubuntu_jammy
 ARG FROM=ubuntu:jammy
-FROM ${FROM}
+
+# This is an alias for mounting the wheels image
+FROM ${WHEELS} AS wheels
+
+FROM ${FROM} AS common
 
 ENV PATH=/var/lib/openstack/bin:$PATH
 ENV LANG=C.UTF-8
+
+# WHEELS_PATH must not be somewhere in /tmp because /tmp/* are deleted in the end of build
+ARG WHEELS_PATH="/wheels"
 ARG PROJECT
-ARG WHEELS=loci/requirements:master-ubuntu_jammy
 ARG PROJECT_REPO=https://opendev.org/openstack/${PROJECT}
 ARG PROJECT_REF=master
 ARG PROJECT_RELEASE=master
@@ -56,4 +63,8 @@ ADD data /tmp/
 COPY scripts /opt/loci/scripts
 ADD bindep.txt pydep.txt $EXTRA_BINDEP $EXTRA_PYDEP /opt/loci/
 
+FROM common AS requirements
 RUN /opt/loci/scripts/install.sh
+
+FROM common AS project
+RUN --mount=type=bind,from=wheels,target=${WHEELS_PATH} /opt/loci/scripts/install.sh
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 49430f7f..a7844e43 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -75,9 +75,9 @@ For more advanced building you can use docker build arguments to define:
   * `PROJECT_PIP_EXTRAS` python extras to use during project install.
   * `UID` The uid of the user that will be created (defaults to 42424).
   * `GID` The gid of the group that will be created (default to 42424).
-  * `WHEELS` The location of the wheels tarball. This accepts a url to a
-    tarball or a Docker image name in the form of
-    `[myregistry/]mydockernamespace/requirements[:ubuntu]`
+  * `WHEELS` The location of the wheels Docker image. The image must contain
+    wheels in the root directory. It is mounted while building other images.
+    `[myregistry/]mydockernamespace/requirements[:tag]`
   * `DISTRO` This is a helper variable used for scripts. It would primarily be
     used in situations where the script would not detect the correct distro.
     For example, you would set `DISTRO=centos` when running from an oraclelinux
diff --git a/playbooks/build.yaml b/playbooks/build.yaml
index bbe832f1..80d24e6a 100644
--- a/playbooks/build.yaml
+++ b/playbooks/build.yaml
@@ -51,16 +51,6 @@
         loop_var: image_registry
       loop: "{{ image_registries }}"
 
-    - name: Tag requirements image and push to local registry
-      shell: |
-        for tag in {{ requirements_image.tags | join(" ") }}; do
-          docker tag {{ requirements_image.repository }}:$tag {{ local_registry }}/{{ requirements_image.repository }}:$tag
-          docker push {{ local_registry }}/{{ requirements_image.repository }}:$tag
-        done
-      loop_control:
-        loop_var: image_registry
-      loop: "{{ image_registries }}"
-
     - name: Build project images
       include_role:
         name: build-container-image
diff --git a/playbooks/pre-build.yaml b/playbooks/pre-build.yaml
index 23a14f1f..0a19deb0 100644
--- a/playbooks/pre-build.yaml
+++ b/playbooks/pre-build.yaml
@@ -1,36 +1,7 @@
-- hosts: all[0]
+- hosts: all
   gather_facts: true
   roles:
     - ensure-python
     - ensure-pip
     - clear-firewall
     - ensure-docker
-
-  tasks:
-    - name: Vars
-      include_vars:
-        file: "vars.yaml"
-
-    - name: Create docker directory
-      become: yes
-      file:
-        state: directory
-        path: /etc/docker
-        mode: 0755
-
-    - name: Configure docker daemon
-      become: yes
-      template:
-        dest: /etc/docker/daemon.json
-        group: root
-        mode: 0644
-        owner: root
-        src: files/daemon.json.j2
-
-    - name: Print docker config
-      command: "cat /etc/docker/daemon.json"
-
-    # This is necessary to serve requirements image to fetch wheels
-    # during building project images
-    - name: Start local registry
-      command: "docker run -d -p {{ local_registry }}:5000 --restart always --name registry {{ local_registry_image }}"
diff --git a/playbooks/vars.yaml b/playbooks/vars.yaml
index a07de2a4..2df25c61 100644
--- a/playbooks/vars.yaml
+++ b/playbooks/vars.yaml
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ requirements_image:
   context: "."
   dockerfile: "Dockerfile"
   container_filename: "Dockerfile"
+  target: "requirements"
   registry: "{{ image_registry.host }}"
   repository: "{{ image_registry.host }}/{{ image_registry.org }}/requirements"
   tags: *tags
@@ -36,6 +37,7 @@ barbican_image:
   context: "."
   dockerfile: "Dockerfile"
   container_filename: "Dockerfile"
+  target: "project"
   registry: "{{ image_registry.host }}"
   repository: "{{ image_registry.host }}/{{ image_registry.org }}/barbican"
   tags: *tags
@@ -44,7 +46,7 @@ barbican_image:
     - "PROJECT='barbican'"
     - "PROJECT_REF={{ openstack_release }}"
     - "PROFILES='fluent'"
-    - "WHEELS='{{ local_registry }}/{{ image_registries[0].host }}/{{ image_registries[0].org }}/requirements:{{ image_tag }}'"
+    - "WHEELS='{{ image_registries[0].host }}/{{ image_registries[0].org }}/requirements:{{ image_tag }}'"
     - "KEEP_ALL_WHEELS=yes"
     - "DIST_PACKAGES='python3-dev gcc'"
     - "PIP_ARGS='--only-binary :none:'"
@@ -53,6 +55,7 @@ cinder_image:
   context: "."
   dockerfile: "Dockerfile"
   container_filename: "Dockerfile"
+  target: "project"
   registry: "{{ image_registry.host }}"
   repository: "{{ image_registry.host }}/{{ image_registry.org }}/cinder"
   tags: *tags
@@ -62,13 +65,14 @@ cinder_image:
     - "PROJECT_REF={{ openstack_release }}"
     - "PROFILES='fluent lvm ceph qemu apache'"
     - "PIP_PACKAGES='python-swiftclient'"
-    - "WHEELS='{{ local_registry }}/{{ image_registries[0].host }}/{{ image_registries[0].org }}/requirements:{{ image_tag }}'"
+    - "WHEELS='{{ image_registries[0].host }}/{{ image_registries[0].org }}/requirements:{{ image_tag }}'"
     - "KEEP_ALL_WHEELS=yes"
 
 cyborg_image:
   context: "."
   dockerfile: "Dockerfile"
   container_filename: "Dockerfile"
+  target: "project"
   registry: "{{ image_registry.host }}"
   repository: "{{ image_registry.host }}/{{ image_registry.org }}/cyborg"
   tags: *tags
@@ -77,13 +81,14 @@ cyborg_image:
     - "PROJECT='cyborg'"
     - "PROJECT_REF={{ openstack_release }}"
     - "DIST_PACKAGES='pciutils'"
-    - "WHEELS='{{ local_registry }}/{{ image_registries[0].host }}/{{ image_registries[0].org }}/requirements:{{ image_tag }}'"
+    - "WHEELS='{{ image_registries[0].host }}/{{ image_registries[0].org }}/requirements:{{ image_tag }}'"
     - "KEEP_ALL_WHEELS=yes"
 
 designate_image:
   context: "."
   dockerfile: "Dockerfile"
   container_filename: "Dockerfile"
+  target: "project"
   registry: "{{ image_registry.host }}"
   repository: "{{ image_registry.host }}/{{ image_registry.org }}/designate"
   tags: *tags
@@ -92,13 +97,14 @@ designate_image:
     - "PROJECT='designate'"
     - "PROJECT_REF={{ openstack_release }}"
     - "PROFILES='fluent'"
-    - "WHEELS='{{ local_registry }}/{{ image_registries[0].host }}/{{ image_registries[0].org }}/requirements:{{ image_tag }}'"
+    - "WHEELS='{{ image_registries[0].host }}/{{ image_registries[0].org }}/requirements:{{ image_tag }}'"
     - "KEEP_ALL_WHEELS=yes"
 
 glance_image:
   context: "."
   dockerfile: "Dockerfile"
   container_filename: "Dockerfile"
+  target: "project"
   registry: "{{ image_registry.host }}"
   repository: "{{ image_registry.host }}/{{ image_registry.org }}/glance"
   tags: *tags
@@ -108,13 +114,14 @@ glance_image:
     - "PROJECT_REF={{ openstack_release }}"
     - "PROFILES='fluent ceph qemu-utils'"
     - "PIP_PACKAGES='python-swiftclient os-brick python-cinderclient oslo-rootwrap'"
-    - "WHEELS='{{ local_registry }}/{{ image_registries[0].host }}/{{ image_registries[0].org }}/requirements:{{ image_tag }}'"
+    - "WHEELS='{{ image_registries[0].host }}/{{ image_registries[0].org }}/requirements:{{ image_tag }}'"
     - "KEEP_ALL_WHEELS=yes"
 
 heat_image:
   context: "."
   dockerfile: "Dockerfile"
   container_filename: "Dockerfile"
+  target: "project"
   registry: "{{ image_registry.host }}"
   repository: "{{ image_registry.host }}/{{ image_registry.org }}/heat"
   tags: *tags
@@ -123,7 +130,7 @@ heat_image:
     - "PROJECT='heat'"
     - "PROJECT_REF={{ openstack_release }}"
     - "PROFILES='fluent apache'"
-    - "WHEELS='{{ local_registry }}/{{ image_registries[0].host }}/{{ image_registries[0].org }}/requirements:{{ image_tag }}'"
+    - "WHEELS='{{ image_registries[0].host }}/{{ image_registries[0].org }}/requirements:{{ image_tag }}'"
     - "KEEP_ALL_WHEELS=yes"
     - "DIST_PACKAGES='curl'"
 
@@ -131,6 +138,7 @@ horizon_image:
   context: "."
   dockerfile: "Dockerfile"
   container_filename: "Dockerfile"
+  target: "project"
   registry: "{{ image_registry.host }}"
   repository: "{{ image_registry.host }}/{{ image_registry.org }}/horizon"
   tags: *tags
@@ -139,7 +147,7 @@ horizon_image:
     - "PROJECT='horizon'"
     - "PROJECT_REF={{ openstack_release }}"
     - "PROFILES='fluent apache'"
-    - "WHEELS='{{ local_registry }}/{{ image_registries[0].host }}/{{ image_registries[0].org }}/requirements:{{ image_tag }}'"
+    - "WHEELS='{{ image_registries[0].host }}/{{ image_registries[0].org }}/requirements:{{ image_tag }}'"
     - "KEEP_ALL_WHEELS=yes"
     - "PIP_PACKAGES='pymemcache'"
 
@@ -147,6 +155,7 @@ ironic_image:
   context: "."
   dockerfile: "Dockerfile"
   container_filename: "Dockerfile"
+  target: "project"
   registry: "{{ image_registry.host }}"
   repository: "{{ image_registry.host }}/{{ image_registry.org }}/ironic"
   tags: *tags
@@ -156,13 +165,14 @@ ironic_image:
     - "PROJECT_REF={{ openstack_release }}"
     - "PROFILES='fluent ipxe ipmi qemu tftp'"
     - "DIST_PACKAGES='ethtool lshw iproute2'"
-    - "WHEELS='{{ local_registry }}/{{ image_registries[0].host }}/{{ image_registries[0].org }}/requirements:{{ image_tag }}'"
+    - "WHEELS='{{ image_registries[0].host }}/{{ image_registries[0].org }}/requirements:{{ image_tag }}'"
     - "KEEP_ALL_WHEELS=yes"
 
 keystone_image:
   context: "."
   dockerfile: "Dockerfile"
   container_filename: "Dockerfile"
+  target: "project"
   registry: "{{ image_registry.host }}"
   repository: "{{ image_registry.host }}/{{ image_registry.org }}/keystone"
   tags: *tags
@@ -172,13 +182,14 @@ keystone_image:
     - "PROJECT_REF={{ openstack_release }}"
     - "PROFILES='fluent apache ldap {{ openstack_release }}'"
     - "PIP_PACKAGES='python-openstackclient'"
-    - "WHEELS='{{ local_registry }}/{{ image_registries[0].host }}/{{ image_registries[0].org }}/requirements:{{ image_tag }}'"
+    - "WHEELS='{{ image_registries[0].host }}/{{ image_registries[0].org }}/requirements:{{ image_tag }}'"
     - "KEEP_ALL_WHEELS=yes"
 
 manila_image:
   context: "."
   dockerfile: "Dockerfile"
   container_filename: "Dockerfile"
+  target: "project"
   registry: "{{ image_registry.host }}"
   repository: "{{ image_registry.host }}/{{ image_registry.org }}/manila"
   tags: *tags
@@ -186,13 +197,14 @@ manila_image:
     - "FROM='base:{{ image_tag }}'"
     - "PROJECT='manila'"
     - "PROJECT_REF={{ openstack_release }}"
-    - "WHEELS='{{ local_registry }}/{{ image_registries[0].host }}/{{ image_registries[0].org }}/requirements:{{ image_tag }}'"
+    - "WHEELS='{{ image_registries[0].host }}/{{ image_registries[0].org }}/requirements:{{ image_tag }}'"
     - "KEEP_ALL_WHEELS=yes"
 
 monasca_api_image:
   context: "."
   dockerfile: "Dockerfile"
   container_filename: "Dockerfile"
+  target: "project"
   registry: "{{ image_registry.host }}"
   repository: "{{ image_registry.host }}/{{ image_registry.org }}/monasca-api"
   tags: *tags
@@ -202,13 +214,14 @@ monasca_api_image:
     - "PROJECT_REF={{ openstack_release }}"
     - "PROFILES='monasca api'"
     - "PIP_PACKAGES='influxdb cassandra-driver sqlalchemy'"
-    - "WHEELS='{{ local_registry }}/{{ image_registries[0].host }}/{{ image_registries[0].org }}/requirements:{{ image_tag }}'"
+    - "WHEELS='{{ image_registries[0].host }}/{{ image_registries[0].org }}/requirements:{{ image_tag }}'"
     - "KEEP_ALL_WHEELS=yes"
 
 neutron_image:
   context: "."
   dockerfile: "Dockerfile"
   container_filename: "Dockerfile"
+  target: "project"
   registry: "{{ image_registry.host }}"
   repository: "{{ image_registry.host }}/{{ image_registry.org }}/neutron"
   tags: *tags
@@ -219,13 +232,14 @@ neutron_image:
     - "PROFILES='fluent linuxbridge openvswitch apache vpn baremetal'"
     - "PIP_PACKAGES='tap-as-a-service'"
     - "DIST_PACKAGES='jq ethtool lshw'"
-    - "WHEELS='{{ local_registry }}/{{ image_registries[0].host }}/{{ image_registries[0].org }}/requirements:{{ image_tag }}'"
+    - "WHEELS='{{ image_registries[0].host }}/{{ image_registries[0].org }}/requirements:{{ image_tag }}'"
     - "KEEP_ALL_WHEELS=yes"
 
 nova_image:
   context: "."
   dockerfile: "Dockerfile"
   container_filename: "Dockerfile"
+  target: "project"
   registry: "{{ image_registry.host }}"
   repository: "{{ image_registry.host }}/{{ image_registry.org }}/nova"
   tags: *tags
@@ -235,13 +249,14 @@ nova_image:
     - "PROJECT_REF={{ openstack_release }}"
     - "PROFILES='fluent ceph linuxbridge openvswitch configdrive qemu apache migration'"
     - "DIST_PACKAGES='net-tools openssh-server'"
-    - "WHEELS='{{ local_registry }}/{{ image_registries[0].host }}/{{ image_registries[0].org }}/requirements:{{ image_tag }}'"
+    - "WHEELS='{{ image_registries[0].host }}/{{ image_registries[0].org }}/requirements:{{ image_tag }}'"
     - "KEEP_ALL_WHEELS=yes"
 
 octavia_image:
   context: "."
   dockerfile: "Dockerfile"
   container_filename: "Dockerfile"
+  target: "project"
   registry: "{{ image_registry.host }}"
   repository: "{{ image_registry.host }}/{{ image_registry.org }}/octavia"
   tags: *tags
@@ -249,7 +264,7 @@ octavia_image:
     - "FROM='base:{{ image_tag }}'"
     - "PROJECT='octavia'"
     - "PROJECT_REF={{ openstack_release }}"
-    - "WHEELS='{{ local_registry }}/{{ image_registries[0].host }}/{{ image_registries[0].org }}/requirements:{{ image_tag }}'"
+    - "WHEELS='{{ image_registries[0].host }}/{{ image_registries[0].org }}/requirements:{{ image_tag }}'"
     - "KEEP_ALL_WHEELS=yes"
 
 openstack_client_pip_packages:
@@ -280,6 +295,7 @@ openstack_client_image:
   context: "."
   dockerfile: "Dockerfile"
   container_filename: "Dockerfile"
+  target: "project"
   registry: "{{ image_registry.host }}"
   repository: "{{ image_registry.host }}/{{ image_registry.org }}/openstack-client"
   tags: *tags
@@ -287,7 +303,7 @@ openstack_client_image:
     - "FROM='base:{{ image_tag }}'"
     - "PROJECT='python-openstackclient'"
     - "PROJECT_REF={{ openstack_release }}"
-    - "WHEELS='{{ local_registry }}/{{ image_registries[0].host }}/{{ image_registries[0].org }}/requirements:{{ image_tag }}'"
+    - "WHEELS='{{ image_registries[0].host }}/{{ image_registries[0].org }}/requirements:{{ image_tag }}'"
     - "KEEP_ALL_WHEELS=yes"
     - "PIP_PACKAGES='{{ openstack_client_pip_packages | join(' ') }}'"
 
@@ -295,6 +311,7 @@ placement_image:
   context: "."
   dockerfile: "Dockerfile"
   container_filename: "Dockerfile"
+  target: "project"
   registry: "{{ image_registry.host }}"
   repository: "{{ image_registry.host }}/{{ image_registry.org }}/placement"
   tags: *tags
@@ -304,13 +321,14 @@ placement_image:
     - "PROJECT_REF={{ openstack_release }}"
     - "PROFILES='apache'"
     - "PIP_PACKAGES='httplib2'"
-    - "WHEELS='{{ local_registry }}/{{ image_registries[0].host }}/{{ image_registries[0].org }}/requirements:{{ image_tag }}'"
+    - "WHEELS='{{ image_registries[0].host }}/{{ image_registries[0].org }}/requirements:{{ image_tag }}'"
     - "KEEP_ALL_WHEELS=yes"
 
 tacker_image:
   context: "."
   dockerfile: "Dockerfile"
   container_filename: "Dockerfile"
+  target: "project"
   registry: "{{ image_registry.host }}"
   repository: "{{ image_registry.host }}/{{ image_registry.org }}/tacker"
   tags: *tags
@@ -318,13 +336,14 @@ tacker_image:
     - "FROM='base:{{ image_tag }}'"
     - "PROJECT='tacker'"
     - "PROJECT_REF={{ openstack_release }}"
-    - "WHEELS='{{ local_registry }}/{{ image_registries[0].host }}/{{ image_registries[0].org }}/requirements:{{ image_tag }}'"
+    - "WHEELS='{{ image_registries[0].host }}/{{ image_registries[0].org }}/requirements:{{ image_tag }}'"
     - "KEEP_ALL_WHEELS=yes"
 
 watcher_image:
   context: "."
   dockerfile: "Dockerfile"
   container_filename: "Dockerfile"
+  target: "project"
   registry: "{{ image_registry.host }}"
   repository: "{{ image_registry.host }}/{{ image_registry.org }}/watcher"
   tags: *tags
@@ -332,5 +351,5 @@ watcher_image:
     - "FROM='base:{{ image_tag }}'"
     - "PROJECT='watcher'"
     - "PROJECT_REF={{ openstack_release }}"
-    - "WHEELS='{{ local_registry }}/{{ image_registries[0].host }}/{{ image_registries[0].org }}/requirements:{{ image_tag }}'"
+    - "WHEELS='{{ image_registries[0].host }}/{{ image_registries[0].org }}/requirements:{{ image_tag }}'"
     - "KEEP_ALL_WHEELS=yes"
diff --git a/scripts/fetch_wheels.py b/scripts/fetch_wheels.py
deleted file mode 100755
index 7f28e118..00000000
--- a/scripts/fetch_wheels.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,210 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
-import json
-import os
-import platform
-import re
-import ssl
-from urllib import request as urllib2
-import logging
-import sys
-
-DOCKER_REGISTRY = 'registry.hub.docker.com'
-
-MANIFEST_V1 = 'application/vnd.oci.image.manifest.v1+json'
-MANIFEST_V2 = 'application/vnd.docker.distribution.manifest.v2+json'
-MANIFEST_V2_LIST = 'application/vnd.docker.distribution.manifest.list.v2+json'
-
-ARCH_MAP = {
-    'x86_64': 'amd64',
-    'aarch64': 'arm64',
-}
-
-
-logging.basicConfig(level=logging.INFO, stream=sys.stdout)
-log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
-
-
-def strtobool(v):
-    # Clone from the now-deprecated distutils
-    return str(v).lower() in ("yes", "true", "t", "1")
-
-
-def registry_urlopen(r):
-    if strtobool(os.environ.get('REGISTRY_INSECURE', "False")):
-        resp = urllib2.urlopen(r, context=ssl._create_unverified_context())
-    else:
-        resp = urllib2.urlopen(r)
-    return resp
-
-
-def registry_request(r, token=None):
-    try:
-        if token:
-            r.add_header('Authorization', 'Bearer {}'.format(token))
-        return registry_urlopen(r)
-    except urllib2.HTTPError as err:
-        if err.reason == 'Unauthorized' and token is None:
-            value = err.headers['www-authenticate'].split(' ', 2)
-            items = urllib2.parse_http_list(value[1])
-            opts = urllib2.parse_keqv_list(items)
-
-            url = "{}?service={}&scope={}".format(
-                opts['realm'],
-                opts['service'],
-                opts['scope']
-            )
-
-            auth_request = urllib2.Request(url=url)
-            resp = registry_urlopen(auth_request)
-            resp_text = resp.read().decode('utf-8').strip()
-            token = json.loads(resp_text)['token']
-
-            return registry_request(r, token)
-        raise
-
-
-def get_sha(repo, tag, registry, protocol):
-    headers = {
-        'Accept': ', '.join([MANIFEST_V2_LIST, MANIFEST_V2, MANIFEST_V1])
-    }
-    url = "{}://{}/v2/{}/manifests/{}".format(protocol, registry, repo, tag)
-    print(url)
-    r = urllib2.Request(url=url, headers=headers)
-    resp = registry_request(r)
-    resp_text = resp.read().decode('utf-8').strip()
-    manifest = json.loads(resp_text)
-    if manifest['schemaVersion'] == 1:
-        return manifest['fsLayers'][0]['blobSum']
-    elif manifest['schemaVersion'] == 2:
-        if manifest['mediaType'] == MANIFEST_V2_LIST:
-            arch = platform.processor()
-
-            if arch not in ARCH_MAP:
-                raise SystemError("Unknown architecture: %s" % arch)
-
-            for m in manifest['manifests']:
-                # NOTE(mnaser): At this point, we've found the digest for the
-                #               manifest we want, we go back and run this code
-                #               again but getting that arch-specific manifest.
-                if m['platform']['architecture'] == ARCH_MAP[arch]:
-                    tag = m['digest']
-                    return get_sha(repo, tag, registry, protocol)
-
-            # NOTE(mnaser): If we're here, we've gone over all the manifests
-            #               and we didn't find one that matches our requested
-            #               architecture.
-            raise SystemError("Manifest does not include arch: %s" %
-                              ARCH_MAP[arch])
-        else:
-            # NOTE(mnaser): This is the cause if the registry returns a manifest
-            #               which isn't a list (single arch cases or getting
-            #               a specific arch from a manifest list).  The V2
-            #               manifest orders layers from base to end (as opposed
-            #               to V1) so we need to get the last digest.
-            return manifest['layers'][-1]['digest']
-    raise SystemError("Unable to find correct manifest schema version")
-
-
-def get_blob(repo, tag, protocol, registry=DOCKER_REGISTRY):
-    log.info("Fetching blob from %s://%s/%s:%s", protocol, registry, repo, tag)
-    sha = get_sha(repo, tag, registry, protocol)
-    url = "{}://{}/v2/{}/blobs/{} ".format(protocol, registry, repo, sha)
-    print(url)
-    r = urllib2.Request(url=url)
-    resp = registry_request(r)
-    return resp.read()
-
-
-def protocol_detection(registry, protocol='http'):
-    PROTOCOLS = ('http', 'https')
-    index = PROTOCOLS.index(protocol)
-    try:
-        url = "{}://{}".format(protocol, registry)
-        log.info("Trying to connect to: %s", url)
-        r = urllib2.Request(url)
-        urllib2.urlopen(r)
-    except (urllib2.URLError, urllib2.HTTPError) as err:
-        log.info("Failed to connect to %s://%s", protocol, registry)
-        if err.reason == 'Forbidden':
-            log.info("Forbidden. Protocol detected: %s", protocol)
-            return protocol
-        elif index < len(PROTOCOLS) - 1:
-            return protocol_detection(registry, PROTOCOLS[index + 1])
-        else:
-            raise Exception("Cannot detect protocol for registry: {} due to error: {}".format(registry, err))
-    else:
-        log.info("Protocol detected: %s", protocol)
-        return protocol
-
-
-def get_wheels(url):
-    r = urllib2.Request(url=url)
-    resp = registry_request(r)
-    # Using urllib2.request.urlopen() from python3 will face the IncompleteRead and then system report connect refused.
-    # To avoid this problem, add an exception to ensure that all packages will be transmitted. before link down.
-    try:
-        buf = resp.read()
-    except Exception as e:
-        buf = e.partial
-    return buf
-
-
-def parse_image(full_image):
-    slash_occurrences = len(re.findall('/', full_image))
-    repo = None
-    registry = DOCKER_REGISTRY
-    if slash_occurrences > 1:
-        full_image_list = full_image.split('/')
-        registry = full_image_list[0]
-        repo = '/'.join(full_image_list[1:-1])
-        image = full_image_list[-1]
-    elif slash_occurrences == 1:
-        repo, image = full_image.split('/')
-    else:
-        image = full_image
-    if image.find(':') != -1:
-        image, tag = image.split(':')
-    else:
-        tag = 'latest'
-    return registry, repo + '/' + image if repo else image, tag
-
-
-def main():
-    if 'WHEELS' in os.environ:
-        wheels = os.environ['WHEELS']
-    else:
-        with open('/opt/loci/wheels', 'r') as f:
-            wheels = f.read()
-
-    if wheels.startswith('/'):
-        with open(wheels, 'rb') as f:
-            data = f.read()
-    elif wheels.startswith('http'):
-        data = get_wheels(wheels)
-    else:
-        registry, image, tag = parse_image(wheels)
-        log.info("Image parsed: wheels=%s registry=%s image=%s tag=%s",
-                 wheels, registry, image, tag)
-        if os.environ.get('REGISTRY_PROTOCOL') in ['http', 'https']:
-            protocol = os.environ.get('REGISTRY_PROTOCOL')
-        elif os.environ.get('REGISTRY_PROTOCOL') == 'detect':
-            protocol = protocol_detection(registry)
-        else:
-            raise ValueError("Unknown protocol given in argument")
-        kwargs = dict()
-        if registry:
-            kwargs.update({'registry': registry})
-        data = get_blob(image, tag, protocol, **kwargs)
-
-    if 'WHEELS_DEST' in os.environ:
-        dest = os.environ['WHEELS_DEST']
-    else:
-        with open('/opt/loci/wheels', 'w') as f:
-            f.write(wheels)
-        dest = '/tmp/wheels.tar.gz'
-    with open(dest, 'wb') as f:
-        f.write(data)
-
-
-if __name__ == '__main__':
-    main()
diff --git a/scripts/fetch_wheels.sh b/scripts/fetch_wheels.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index de4548b2..00000000
--- a/scripts/fetch_wheels.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-set -ex
-
-python3 $(dirname $0)/fetch_wheels.py
-
-mkdir -p /tmp/wheels/
-# Exclude all files starting with '.' as these can be control files for
-# AUFS which have special meaning on AUFS backed file stores.
-tar xf /tmp/wheels.tar.gz --exclude='.*' -C /tmp/wheels/
-
-# Presence of constraint for project we build (in Stein, Train for Horizon and
-# Neutron) in uc breaks project installation with unsatisfied constraints error
-# This line ensures that such constraint is absent for any future occurrence
-sed -i "/^${PROJECT}===/d" /tmp/wheels/upper-constraints.txt
diff --git a/scripts/install.sh b/scripts/install.sh
index 447cfc61..c95deaa7 100755
--- a/scripts/install.sh
+++ b/scripts/install.sh
@@ -63,7 +63,6 @@ if [ "${KEEP_ALL_WHEELS}" != "False" ]; then
     NO_INDEX=--no-index
 fi
 
-$(dirname $0)/fetch_wheels.sh
 if [[ "${PROJECT}" == "infra" ]]; then
     $(dirname $0)/setup_pip.sh
     $(dirname $0)/pip_install.sh bindep ${PIP_PACKAGES}
diff --git a/scripts/pip_install.sh b/scripts/pip_install.sh
index c7297de3..cde468f4 100755
--- a/scripts/pip_install.sh
+++ b/scripts/pip_install.sh
@@ -4,4 +4,11 @@ set -ex
 
 packages=$@
 
-pip install --no-cache-dir --only-binary :all: --no-compile -c /tmp/wheels/global-requirements.txt -c /tmp/wheels/upper-constraints.txt --find-links /tmp/wheels/ --ignore-installed ${PIP_ARGS} ${packages}
+# Presence of constraint for project we build
+# in upper constraints breaks project installation
+# with unsatisfied constraints error.
+# This line ensures that such constraint is absent.
+cp ${WHEELS_PATH}/upper-constraints.txt /tmp/upper-constraints.txt
+sed -i "/^${PROJECT}===/d" /tmp/upper-constraints.txt
+
+pip install --no-cache-dir --only-binary :all: --no-compile -c ${WHEELS_PATH}/global-requirements.txt -c /tmp/upper-constraints.txt --find-links ${WHEELS_PATH} --ignore-installed ${PIP_ARGS} ${packages}