diff --git a/inc/python b/inc/python
index 8941fd038d..9382d352dc 100644
--- a/inc/python
+++ b/inc/python
@@ -378,12 +378,13 @@ function _setup_package_with_constraints_edit {
     project_dir=$(cd $project_dir && pwd)
 
     if [ -n "$REQUIREMENTS_DIR" ]; then
-        # Constrain this package to this project directory from here on out.
+        # Remove this package from constraints before we install it.
+        # That way, later installs won't "downgrade" the install from
+        # source we are about to do.
         local name
         name=$(awk '/^name.*=/ {print $3}' $project_dir/setup.cfg)
         $REQUIREMENTS_DIR/.venv/bin/edit-constraints \
-            $REQUIREMENTS_DIR/upper-constraints.txt -- $name \
-            "$flags file://$project_dir#egg=$name"
+            $REQUIREMENTS_DIR/upper-constraints.txt -- $name
     fi
 
     setup_package $bindep $project_dir "$flags" $extras
diff --git a/lib/tempest b/lib/tempest
index fb55931803..e62dce2c9d 100644
--- a/lib/tempest
+++ b/lib/tempest
@@ -750,9 +750,6 @@ function install_tempest {
     set_tempest_venv_constraints $tmp_u_c_m
 
     tox -r --notest -efull
-    # TODO: remove the trailing pip constraint when a proper fix
-    # arrives for bug https://bugs.launchpad.net/devstack/+bug/1906322
-    $TEMPEST_DIR/.tox/tempest/bin/pip install -U -r $RC_DIR/tools/cap-pip.txt
     # NOTE(mtreinish) Respect constraints in the tempest full venv, things that
     # are using a tox job other than full will not be respecting constraints but
     # running pip install -U on tempest requirements
diff --git a/tools/cap-pip.txt b/tools/cap-pip.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 8ee551b261..0000000000
--- a/tools/cap-pip.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-pip<20.3
diff --git a/tools/fixup_stuff.sh b/tools/fixup_stuff.sh
index 25f726892f..c910a70c5b 100755
--- a/tools/fixup_stuff.sh
+++ b/tools/fixup_stuff.sh
@@ -192,6 +192,20 @@ function fixup_ovn_centos {
     yum_install centos-release-openstack-victoria
 }
 
+function fixup_ubuntu {
+    if ! is_ubuntu; then
+        return
+    fi
+
+    # Since pip10, pip will refuse to uninstall files from packages
+    # that were created with distutils (rather than more modern
+    # setuptools).  This is because it technically doesn't have a
+    # manifest of what to remove.  However, in most cases, simply
+    # overwriting works.  So this hacks around those packages that
+    # have been dragged in by some other system dependency
+    sudo rm -rf /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/PyYAML-*.egg-info
+}
+
 function fixup_all {
     fixup_keystone
     fixup_ubuntu
diff --git a/tools/install_pip.sh b/tools/install_pip.sh
index c7bb2c6f55..735de112f7 100755
--- a/tools/install_pip.sh
+++ b/tools/install_pip.sh
@@ -100,9 +100,7 @@ function install_get_pip {
             die $LINENO "Download of get-pip.py failed"
         touch $_local_pip.downloaded
     fi
-    # TODO: remove the trailing pip constraint when a proper fix
-    # arrives for bug https://bugs.launchpad.net/devstack/+bug/1906322
-    sudo -H -E python${PYTHON3_VERSION} $_local_pip -c $TOOLS_DIR/cap-pip.txt
+    sudo -H -E python${PYTHON3_VERSION} $_local_pip
 }
 
 
@@ -139,11 +137,6 @@ if [[ -n $PYPI_ALTERNATIVE_URL ]]; then
     configure_pypi_alternative_url
 fi
 
-# Just use system pkgs on Focal
-if [[ "$DISTRO" == focal ]]; then
-    exit 0
-fi
-
 # Eradicate any and all system packages
 
 # Python in fedora/suse depends on the python-pip package so removing it