diff --git a/sift/python-packages/appcompatprocessor.sls b/sift/python-packages/appcompatprocessor.sls
index acc70d9..bc8d246 100644
--- a/sift/python-packages/appcompatprocessor.sls
+++ b/sift/python-packages/appcompatprocessor.sls
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 
 include:
   - sift.packages.git
-  - sift.packages.python3-pip
   - sift.packages.python2-pip
   - sift.packages.libregf
   - sift.packages.python2-dev
diff --git a/sift/python-packages/argparse.sls b/sift/python-packages/argparse.sls
index de87f59..099631f 100644
--- a/sift/python-packages/argparse.sls
+++ b/sift/python-packages/argparse.sls
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 include:
-  - sift.packages.python3-pip
   - sift.packages.python2-pip
   - sift.python-packages.setuptools
 
diff --git a/sift/python-packages/indxparse.sls b/sift/python-packages/indxparse.sls
index 34cbcef..be4535a 100644
--- a/sift/python-packages/indxparse.sls
+++ b/sift/python-packages/indxparse.sls
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ include:
   - sift.packages.python2-pip
   - sift.packages.python2-dev
   - sift.packages.python-wxgtk3
+  - sift.python-packages.setuptools
 
 sift-python-packages-indxparse:
   pip.installed:
@@ -25,6 +26,7 @@ sift-python-packages-indxparse:
       - sls: sift.packages.python2-dev
       - sls: sift.packages.libfuse-dev
       - sls: sift.packages.python-wxgtk3
+      - sls: sift.python-packages.setuptools
 
 sift-python-packages-indxparse-shebang:
   file.prepend:
diff --git a/sift/python-packages/lxml.sls b/sift/python-packages/lxml.sls
index 2d9c441..c47b944 100644
--- a/sift/python-packages/lxml.sls
+++ b/sift/python-packages/lxml.sls
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ include:
   - sift.packages.python2-pip
   - sift.packages.libxml2-dev
   - sift.packages.libxslt-dev
+  - sift.python-packages.setuptools
 
 sift-python-packages-lxml:
   pip.installed:
@@ -11,3 +12,4 @@ sift-python-packages-lxml:
       - sls: sift.packages.python2-pip
       - sls: sift.packages.libxml2-dev
       - sls: sift.packages.libxslt-dev
+      - sls: sift.python-packages.setuptools
diff --git a/sift/python-packages/m2crypto.sls b/sift/python-packages/m2crypto.sls
index 3aa02b7..2bab211 100644
--- a/sift/python-packages/m2crypto.sls
+++ b/sift/python-packages/m2crypto.sls
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ include:
   - sift.packages.swig
   - sift.packages.python2-dev
   - sift.packages.libssl-dev
+  - sift.python-packages.setuptools
 
 sift-python-packages-m2crypto:
   pip.installed:
@@ -14,3 +15,4 @@ sift-python-packages-m2crypto:
       - sls: sift.packages.swig
       - sls: sift.packages.python2-dev
       - sls: sift.packages.libssl-dev
+      - sls: sift.python-packages.setuptools
diff --git a/sift/python-packages/setuptools.sls b/sift/python-packages/setuptools.sls
index c94b072..87d0fcc 100644
--- a/sift/python-packages/setuptools.sls
+++ b/sift/python-packages/setuptools.sls
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ include:
 
 sift-python-packages-setuptools:
   pip.installed:
-    - name: setuptools
+    - name: 'setuptools<66.0.0'
     - bin_env: /usr/bin/python2
     - upgrade: True
     - require: