diff --git a/managed/devops/bin/common.sh b/managed/devops/bin/common.sh
index efd487775175..2768b48db306 100644
--- a/managed/devops/bin/common.sh
+++ b/managed/devops/bin/common.sh
@@ -332,14 +332,12 @@ activate_virtualenv() {
 }
 
 create_pymodules_package() {
-  activate_virtualenv
   rm -rf "$YB_PYTHON_MODULES_DIR"
   mkdir -p "$YB_PYTHON_MODULES_DIR"
   extra_install_flags=""
   if [[ $YB_MANAGED_DEVOPS_USE_PYTHON3 == "0" ]]; then
     extra_install_flags="setuptools<45"
   fi
-  run_pip install --upgrade pip > /dev/null
   # Download the scripts necessary (i.e. ansible). Remove the modules afterwards to avoid
   # system-specific libraries.
   log "Downloading package scripts"
diff --git a/managed/devops/python3_modules_requirements_frozen.txt b/managed/devops/python3_modules_requirements_frozen.txt
index 1267a36a7cbc..fc72e59a447d 100644
--- a/managed/devops/python3_modules_requirements_frozen.txt
+++ b/managed/devops/python3_modules_requirements_frozen.txt
@@ -61,4 +61,4 @@ s3transfer==0.4.2
 six==1.10.0
 uritemplate==3.0.1
 urllib3==1.26.6
-yb-cassandra-driver==3.13.0.2
\ No newline at end of file
+yb-cassandra-driver==3.13.0.2