diff --git a/elements/simple-init/element-deps b/elements/simple-init/element-deps
index b969ed87..d92bc778 100644
--- a/elements/simple-init/element-deps
+++ b/elements/simple-init/element-deps
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 cloud-init-datasources
 dib-init-system
 install-types
+pip-and-virtualenv
 source-repositories
diff --git a/elements/simple-init/package-installs.yaml b/elements/simple-init/package-installs.yaml
index 48034a95..6fcfc620 100644
--- a/elements/simple-init/package-installs.yaml
+++ b/elements/simple-init/package-installs.yaml
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
 isc-dhcp-client:
 net-tools:
-python-pip: