diff --git a/bin/compile b/bin/compile
index 033419c..52293a0 100755
--- a/bin/compile
+++ b/bin/compile
@@ -218,17 +218,14 @@ bpwatch start post_compile
   source $BIN_DIR/steps/hooks/post_compile
 bpwatch stop post_compile
 
-
 set +e
 # rewrite build dir in egg links to /app so things are found at runtime
-find .heroku/python/lib/python*/site-packages/ -name "*.egg-link" -print0 2> /dev/null | xargs -r -0 -n 1 sed -i -e "s#$(pwd)/#/app/#" &> /dev/null
-find .heroku/python/lib/python*/site-packages/ -name "*.pth" -print0 2> /dev/null | xargs -r -0 -n 1 sed -i -e "s#$(pwd)/#/app/#" &> /dev/null
+find .heroku/python/lib/python*/site-packages/ -name "*.pth" -print0 2> /dev/null | xargs -r -0 -n 1 sed -i -e "s#$(pwd)#/app#" &> /dev/null
 set -e
 
 set +e
 # Support for PyPy
-find .heroku/python/lib-python/*/site-packages/  -name "*.egg-link" -print0 2> /dev/null | xargs -r -0 -n 1 sed -i -e "s#$(pwd)/#/app/#" &> /dev/null
-find .heroku/python/lib-python/*/site-packages/  -name "*.pth" -print0 2> /dev/null | xargs -r -0 -n 1 sed -i -e "s#$(pwd)/#/app/#" &> /dev/null
+find .heroku/python/lib-python/*/site-packages/  -name "*.pth" -print0 2> /dev/null | xargs -r -0 -n 1 sed -i -e "s#$(pwd)#/app#" &> /dev/null
 set -e
 
 # Store new artifacts in cache.
diff --git a/bin/steps/pip-install b/bin/steps/pip-install
index 78f60df..739e549 100755
--- a/bin/steps/pip-install
+++ b/bin/steps/pip-install
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@
 puts-cmd "pip install -r requirements.txt"
 
 set +e
-# rewrite any existing egg links to point to the build dir so pip does not fail with a mismatch error
-find .heroku/python/lib/python*/site-packages/ -name "*.egg-link" -print0 2> /dev/null | xargs -r -0 -n 1 sed -i -e "s#/app/#$(pwd)/#" &> /dev/null
+# delete any existing egg links, to uninstall exisisting installations.
+find .heroku/python/lib/python*/site-packages/ -name "*.egg-link" -delete 2> /dev/null
 find .heroku/python/lib/python*/site-packages/ -name "*.pth" -print0 2> /dev/null | xargs -r -0 -n 1 sed -i -e "s#/app/#/$(pwd)/#" &> /dev/null
 set -e
 
 set +e
-# Support for PyPy
+# Support for the above, for PyPy.
 find .heroku/python/lib-python/*/site-packages/ -name "*.egg-link" -print0 2> /dev/null | xargs -r -0 -n 1 sed -i -e "s#/app/#$(pwd)/#" &> /dev/null
 find .heroku/python/lib-python/*/site-packages/ -name "*.pth" -print0 2> /dev/null | xargs -r -0 -n 1 sed -i -e "s#/app/#/$(pwd)/#" &> /dev/null
 set -e
diff --git a/bin/utils b/bin/utils
index 9ce1721..c8785d0 100755
--- a/bin/utils
+++ b/bin/utils
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ indent() {
 
 # Clean up pip output
 cleanup() {
-  sed -e 's/\.\.\.\+/.../g' | sed -e '/already satisfied/Id' | sed -e '/Overwriting/Id' | sed -e '/python executable/Id' | sed -e '/no previously-included files/Id'
+  sed -e 's/\.\.\.\+/.../g' | sed -e '/already satisfied/Id' | sed -e '/No files were found to uninstall/Id' | sed -e '/Overwriting/Id' | sed -e '/python executable/Id' | sed -e '/no previously-included files/Id'
 }
 
 # Buildpack Indented line.