diff --git a/doc/source/user/limited-connectivity/index.rst b/doc/source/user/limited-connectivity/index.rst
index 14f15fe7d6..fa46def2ba 100644
--- a/doc/source/user/limited-connectivity/index.rst
+++ b/doc/source/user/limited-connectivity/index.rst
@@ -56,15 +56,6 @@ proxy:
       # Custom upstream pip index used when building repo server contents
       repo_build_pip_default_index: http://pip.example.org/simple
 
-You may also choose to create a local copy of
-https://bootstrap.pypa.io/3.3/get-pip.py to remove a dependency on an external
-resource.
-
-.. code-block:: yaml
-
-      # Override PIP installer ("Get modern PIP"): https://bootstrap.pypa.io/3.3/get-pip.py
-      pip_upstream_url: "http://mirror.example.org/bootstrap.pypa.io/3.3/get-pip.py"
-
 Distribution specific packages
 ------------------------------
 
diff --git a/playbooks/common-tasks/set-pip-vars.yml b/playbooks/common-tasks/set-pip-vars.yml
index 90cb594a25..c9b3b8e884 100644
--- a/playbooks/common-tasks/set-pip-vars.yml
+++ b/playbooks/common-tasks/set-pip-vars.yml
@@ -18,13 +18,6 @@
 # If it is not yet up, then it will use the upstream upper constraints
 # for the SHA currently pinned and will set the default index to pypi.
 
-- name: Backup the default pip_upstream_url
-  run_once: yes
-  set_fact:
-    __pip_upstream_url: "{{ pip_upstream_url }}"
-  when:
-    - __pip_upstream_url is not defined
-
 - name: Backup the default pip_install_upper_constraints
   run_once: yes
   set_fact:
@@ -39,17 +32,6 @@
   when:
     - __pip_default_index is not defined
 
-- name: Test internal repo URL for the current get-pip.py script
-  run_once: yes
-  uri:
-    url: "{{ __pip_upstream_url }}"
-    method: "HEAD"
-    timeout: 3
-  register: _repo_data_check
-  failed_when: false
-  tags:
-    - common-pip
-
 - name: Test internal repo URL for the current upper constraints file
   run_once: yes
   uri:
@@ -77,16 +59,6 @@
   tags:
     - common-constraints
 
-# If we can't reach the internal repo, we need to ensure
-# pip isn't locked to it.
-- name: Set pip upstream URL
-  run_once: yes
-  set_fact:
-    pip_upstream_url: >-
-      {{ ((_repo_data_check.status | default(503)) != 200) | ternary('https://bootstrap.pypa.io/3.3/get-pip.py', __pip_upstream_url) }}
-  tags:
-    - common-pip
-
 - name: Set pip install upper constraints
   run_once: yes
   set_fact:
diff --git a/playbooks/defaults/distro_install.yml b/playbooks/defaults/distro_install.yml
index ff229c1535..64fa3c5fca 100644
--- a/playbooks/defaults/distro_install.yml
+++ b/playbooks/defaults/distro_install.yml
@@ -67,7 +67,6 @@ zaqar_install_method: distro
 zun_install_method: distro
 
 # default variables for PIP since we are not using the repo server
-pip_upstream_url: "https://bootstrap.pypa.io/3.3/get-pip.py"
 pip_default_index: "https://pypi.python.org/simple"
 
 tempest_venv_download: false
diff --git a/playbooks/defaults/source_install.yml b/playbooks/defaults/source_install.yml
index b9d711e495..11e1a1ce86 100644
--- a/playbooks/defaults/source_install.yml
+++ b/playbooks/defaults/source_install.yml
@@ -29,8 +29,6 @@ openstack_repo_git_url: "git://{{ internal_lb_vip_address }}"
 
 venv_base_download_url: "{{ openstack_repo_url }}/venvs/{{ openstack_release }}/{{ os_distro_version }}"
 tempest_venv_download_url: "{{ venv_base_download_url }}/tempest-{{ openstack_release }}-{{ ansible_architecture | lower }}.tgz"
-# The URL to retrieve the get-pip.py installation script
-pip_upstream_url: "{{ (pip_offline_install | bool) | ternary('https://bootstrap.pypa.io/3.3/get-pip.py', repo_release_path ~ '/get-pip.py') }}"
 # The URL to the repo server's pypi reverse proxy simple index
 pip_default_index: "{{ openstack_repo_url }}/simple"
 # The upper constraints to apply to all pip installations