diff --git a/bootstrap b/bootstrap
index 69cfb0a..54dec72 100755
--- a/bootstrap
+++ b/bootstrap
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ virtualenv --no-site-packages --distribute virtualenv
 # avoid pip bugs
 ./virtualenv/bin/pip install --upgrade pip
 
-# work-around change in pip 1.5
-./virtualenv/bin/pip install setuptools --no-use-wheel --upgrade
+# work-around change in pip 1.5 (and more recent)
+./virtualenv/bin/pip install setuptools --upgrade
 
 ./virtualenv/bin/pip install -r requirements.txt