diff --git a/reinstall.sh b/reinstall.sh
index 06f9f0f284c0..7a533ff146d9 100755
--- a/reinstall.sh
+++ b/reinstall.sh
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ INSTALL_OPTION=${1:-"dev"}
 
 PIP=pip
 
+${PIP} install -U ${PIP}
+
 echo 'Uninstalling stuff'
 ${PIP} uninstall -y nemo_toolkit
 ${PIP} uninstall -y sacrebleu
@@ -14,8 +16,6 @@ ${PIP} uninstall -y nemo_asr
 ${PIP} uninstall -y nemo_nlp
 ${PIP} uninstall -y nemo_tts
 
-${PIP} install -U setuptools
-
 if [ -n "${NVIDIA_PYTORCH_VERSION}" ]; then
   echo 'Installing NeMo in NVIDIA PyTorch container:' "${NVIDIA_PYTORCH_VERSION}" 'so will not install numba'
 else