diff --git a/HISTORY.txt b/HISTORY.txt
index 6a10f79f..0df16ea3 100644
--- a/HISTORY.txt
+++ b/HISTORY.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+7.7.5:
+ - No longer eat editables, as pip-tools does it for us now.
 7.7.4:
  - Install VCS deps into the virtualenv's src directory, not into the current directory.
 7.7.3:
diff --git a/pipenv/__version__.py b/pipenv/__version__.py
index 7d01bf55..a360d0c6 100644
--- a/pipenv/__version__.py
+++ b/pipenv/__version__.py
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@
 #  //___/ / / / //___/ / //       //   / /  || / /
 # //       / / //       ((____   //   / /   ||/ /
 
-__version__ = '7.7.4'
+__version__ = '7.7.5'
diff --git a/pipenv/environments.py b/pipenv/environments.py
index 3b9bb7ae..3d0db365 100644
--- a/pipenv/environments.py
+++ b/pipenv/environments.py
@@ -24,9 +24,6 @@ PIPENV_PIPFILE = os.environ.get('PIPENV_PIPFILE')
 # Tells Pipenv which Python to default to, when none is provided.
 PIPENV_DEFAULT_PYTHON_VERSION = os.environ.get('PIPENV_DEFAULT_PYTHON_VERSION')
 
-# Tells Pipenv to not try to install -e dependencies to get their dependency information.
-PIPENV_DONT_EAT_EDITABLES = bool(os.environ.get('PIPENV_DONT_EAT_EDITABLES'))
-
 # Tells Pipenv to not load .env files.
 PIPENV_DONT_LOAD_ENV = bool(os.environ.get('PIPENV_DONT_LOAD_ENV'))
 
diff --git a/pipenv/utils.py b/pipenv/utils.py
index d232a6d4..212b96d5 100644
--- a/pipenv/utils.py
+++ b/pipenv/utils.py
@@ -27,8 +27,6 @@ from piptools.exceptions import NoCandidateFound
 from pip.exceptions import DistributionNotFound
 from requests.exceptions import HTTPError
 
-from .environments import PIPENV_DONT_EAT_EDITABLES
-
 from .pep508checker import lookup
 
 specifiers = [k for k in lookup.keys()]