diff --git a/precise/python-venv/hooks/install b/precise/python-venv/hooks/install
index e50d0f0..4badf28 100755
--- a/precise/python-venv/hooks/install
+++ b/precise/python-venv/hooks/install
@@ -26,9 +26,11 @@ PYTHON_BASE="/opt/apps/python-$VERSION"
 PYTHON_BIN="$PYTHON_BASE/bin"
 
 cd /tmp
-wget http://python-distribute.org/distribute_setup.py
-"$PYTHON_BIN"/python ./distribute_setup.py
-"$PYTHON_BIN"/easy_install pip
+## XXXvlab: distribute seems dead.
+# wget http://python-distribute.org/distribute_setup.py
+# "$PYTHON_BIN"/python ./distribute_setup.py
+wget https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py
+"$PYTHON_BIN"/python ./get-pip.py
 "$PYTHON_BIN"/pip install virtualenv
 
 ##