diff --git a/build_debian.sh b/build_debian.sh
index 034a50784bb0..db736d16946e 100755
--- a/build_debian.sh
+++ b/build_debian.sh
@@ -318,11 +318,6 @@ sudo LANG=C DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive chroot $FILESYSTEM_ROOT apt-get -y in
     haveged                 \
     jq
 
-# Install "wheel" package so that we can install .whl packages and not
-# encounter a "error: invalid command 'bdist_wheel'" error
-sudo https_proxy=$https_proxy LANG=C chroot $FILESYSTEM_ROOT pip install wheel
-sudo https_proxy=$https_proxy LANG=C chroot $FILESYSTEM_ROOT pip3 install wheel
-
 if [[ $CONFIGURED_ARCH == amd64 ]]; then
 ## Pre-install the fundamental packages for amd64 (x86)
 sudo LANG=C DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive chroot $FILESYSTEM_ROOT apt-get -y install      \
diff --git a/platform/vs/docker-sonic-vs/Dockerfile.j2 b/platform/vs/docker-sonic-vs/Dockerfile.j2
index 73a3c3ca4896..3c9208756dcb 100644
--- a/platform/vs/docker-sonic-vs/Dockerfile.j2
+++ b/platform/vs/docker-sonic-vs/Dockerfile.j2
@@ -63,8 +63,6 @@ RUN rm redis-tools_6.0.6-1~bpo10+1_amd64.deb redis-server_6.0.6-1~bpo10+1_amd64.
 
 RUN pip install setuptools
 RUN pip3 install setuptools
-RUN pip install wheel
-RUN pip3 install wheel
 RUN pip install py2_ipaddress
 RUN pip install six
 RUN pip install pyroute2==0.5.3 netifaces==0.10.7