diff --git a/securedrop-client/debian/rules b/securedrop-client/debian/rules
index f37460c8..36a2f727 100755
--- a/securedrop-client/debian/rules
+++ b/securedrop-client/debian/rules
@@ -4,7 +4,15 @@
 	dh $@ --with python-virtualenv
 
 override_dh_virtualenv:
-	dh_virtualenv --python /usr/bin/python3 --setuptools -S --index-url https://dev-bin.ops.securedrop.org/simple --requirements build-requirements.txt
+	dh_virtualenv \
+		--python /usr/bin/python3 \
+		--setuptools \
+		--use-system-packages \
+		--index-url https://dev-bin.ops.securedrop.org/simple \
+		--extra-pip-arg "--ignore-installed" \
+		--extra-pip-arg "--no-deps" \
+		--extra-pip-arg "--no-cache-dir" \
+		--requirements build-requirements.txt
 
 override_dh_strip_nondeterminism:
 	find ./debian/ -type f -name '*.pyc' -delete
diff --git a/securedrop-export/debian/rules b/securedrop-export/debian/rules
index 1894e45a..aa7b2545 100755
--- a/securedrop-export/debian/rules
+++ b/securedrop-export/debian/rules
@@ -1,11 +1,20 @@
 #!/usr/bin/make -f
 
 %:
-	dh $@ --with python-virtualenv --python /usr/bin/python3 --setuptools --index-url https://dev-bin.ops.securedrop.org/simple --requirements build-requirements.txt
+	dh $@ --with python-virtualenv
+
+override_dh_virtualenv:
+	dh_virtualenv \
+		--python /usr/bin/python3 \
+		--setuptools \
+		--index-url https://dev-bin.ops.securedrop.org/simple \
+		--extra-pip-arg "--ignore-installed" \
+		--extra-pip-arg "--no-deps" \
+		--extra-pip-arg "--no-cache-dir" \
+		--requirements build-requirements.txt
 
 override_dh_strip_nondeterminism:
 	find ./debian/ -type f -name '*.pyc' -delete
 	find ./debian/ -type f -name 'pip-selfcheck.json' -delete
 	find -type f -name RECORD -exec sed -i -e '/.*\.pyc.*/d' {} +
 	dh_strip_nondeterminism $@
-
diff --git a/securedrop-proxy/debian/rules b/securedrop-proxy/debian/rules
index 1894e45a..aa7b2545 100755
--- a/securedrop-proxy/debian/rules
+++ b/securedrop-proxy/debian/rules
@@ -1,11 +1,20 @@
 #!/usr/bin/make -f
 
 %:
-	dh $@ --with python-virtualenv --python /usr/bin/python3 --setuptools --index-url https://dev-bin.ops.securedrop.org/simple --requirements build-requirements.txt
+	dh $@ --with python-virtualenv
+
+override_dh_virtualenv:
+	dh_virtualenv \
+		--python /usr/bin/python3 \
+		--setuptools \
+		--index-url https://dev-bin.ops.securedrop.org/simple \
+		--extra-pip-arg "--ignore-installed" \
+		--extra-pip-arg "--no-deps" \
+		--extra-pip-arg "--no-cache-dir" \
+		--requirements build-requirements.txt
 
 override_dh_strip_nondeterminism:
 	find ./debian/ -type f -name '*.pyc' -delete
 	find ./debian/ -type f -name 'pip-selfcheck.json' -delete
 	find -type f -name RECORD -exec sed -i -e '/.*\.pyc.*/d' {} +
 	dh_strip_nondeterminism $@
-