diff --git a/build/pkgs/pip/spkg-install.in b/build/pkgs/pip/spkg-install.in
index 728694365cd..6712a1583bc 100644
--- a/build/pkgs/pip/spkg-install.in
+++ b/build/pkgs/pip/spkg-install.in
@@ -2,10 +2,6 @@ cd src
 
 sdh_setup_bdist_wheel
 
-# pip can install its own wheel! But first we need to ensure that the pip
-# source directory in on the PYTHONPATH
-echo "export PYTHONPATH=\"$(pwd)/src\"" >> ../spkg-pipinst
-
 # --ignore-installed makes sure that pip does not mistake
 # its own source tree as an existing installation
 sdh_store_and_pip_install_wheel --ignore-installed .
diff --git a/build/pkgs/pip/spkg-pipinstall.in b/build/pkgs/pip/spkg-pipinstall.in
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3e3f6bbc94e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/pkgs/pip/spkg-pipinstall.in
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+cd src
+
+# pip can install its own wheel! But first we need to ensure that the pip
+# source directory in on the PYTHONPATH
+export PYTHONPATH="$(pwd)/src"