diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci_suite.yml b/.github/workflows/ci_suite.yml
index b4465877247..dc1a3453dcb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci_suite.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci_suite.yml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ jobs:
           pip3 install setuptools
           bash tools/ci/install_build_tools.sh
           bash tools/ci/install_spaceman_dmm.sh dreamchecker
-          pip3 install -r tools/requirements.txt
+          tools/bootstrap/python -c ''
       - name: Run Linters
         run: |
           bash tools/ci/check_filedirs.sh tgstation.dme
diff --git a/tools/bootstrap/python b/tools/bootstrap/python
index f9ffc13edb6..0c8d7020206 100755
--- a/tools/bootstrap/python
+++ b/tools/bootstrap/python
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ fi
 # Use pip to install our requirements
 if [ ! -f "$PythonDir/requirements.txt" ] || [ "$(b2sum < "$Sdk/requirements.txt")" != "$(b2sum < "$PythonDir/requirements.txt")" ]; then
 	echo "Updating dependencies..."
+	"$PythonExe" -m pip install -U wheel
 	"$PythonExe" -m pip install -U pip -r "$Sdk/requirements.txt"
 	cp "$Sdk/requirements.txt" "$PythonDir/requirements.txt"
 	echo "---"
diff --git a/tools/ci/install_build_tools.sh b/tools/ci/install_build_tools.sh
index 6c3e267fca3..50311e33912 100644
--- a/tools/ci/install_build_tools.sh
+++ b/tools/ci/install_build_tools.sh
@@ -7,6 +7,3 @@ source ~/.nvm/nvm.sh
 nvm install $NODE_VERSION
 nvm use $NODE_VERSION
 npm install --global yarn
-
-pip3 install --user PyYaml
-pip3 install --user beautifulsoup4