diff --git a/nodepool/scripts/fix_pip.sh b/nodepool/scripts/fix_pip.sh
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-#!/bin/bash -xe
-# Copyright (C) 2014 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-#    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or
-# implied.
-#
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-
-# get rid of system-installed pip
-for p in python-pip python3-pip ; do
-    if apt-cache policy $p | grep -q 'Installed:.*[0-9]' ; then
-        sudo apt-get remove -y $p
-    fi
-done
-
-# install pip using get-pip
-PIP_GET_PIP_URL=https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py
-if [ ! -f get-pip.py ] ; then
-    curl -O $PIP_GET_PIP_URL || wget $PIP_GET_PIP_URL
-fi
-sudo -H python get-pip.py