diff --git a/ci/install.sh b/ci/install.sh
index 5c681a707ce49..1b7ec3f647763 100755
--- a/ci/install.sh
+++ b/ci/install.sh
@@ -21,9 +21,8 @@ echo "inside $0"
 pip install -I git+https://github.com/pypa/pip@42102e9deaea99db08b681d06906c2945f6f95e2#egg=pip
 pv="${TRAVIS_PYTHON_VERSION:0:1}"
 [ "$pv" == "2" ] && pv=""
-[ "$pv" == "2" ] && DISTRIBUTE_VERSION="==0.6.35"
 
-pip install -I distribute${DISTRIBUTE_VERSION}
+pip install -I -U setuptools
 pip install wheel
 
 # comment this line to disable the fetching of wheel files
@@ -40,16 +39,13 @@ if [ -n "$LOCALE_OVERRIDE" ]; then
 fi
 
 time pip install $PIP_ARGS -r ci/requirements-${TRAVIS_PYTHON_VERSION}${JOB_TAG}.txt
+time sudo apt-get install libatlas-base-dev gfortran
 
 # Optional Deps
 if [ x"$FULL_DEPS" == x"true" ]; then
     echo "Installing FULL_DEPS"
-   # for pytables gets the lib as well
+    # for pytables gets the lib as well
     time sudo apt-get $APT_ARGS install libhdf5-serial-dev
-    time sudo apt-get $APT_ARGS install python${pv}-bs4
-    time sudo apt-get $APT_ARGS install python${pv}-scipy
-
-    time sudo apt-get $APT_ARGS remove python${pv}-lxml
 
     # fool statsmodels into thinking pandas was already installed
     # so it won't refuse to install itself.
diff --git a/ci/requirements-2.7.txt b/ci/requirements-2.7.txt
index a65a2991c673c..c39f5301c5d39 100644
--- a/ci/requirements-2.7.txt
+++ b/ci/requirements-2.7.txt
@@ -12,5 +12,7 @@ xlrd==0.9.2
 patsy==0.1.0
 html5lib==1.0b2
 lxml==3.2.1
-scikits.timeseries==0.91.3
+http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/pytseries/scikits.timeseries/0.91.3/scikits.timeseries-0.91.3.tar.gz?r=
 MySQL-python==1.2.4
+scipy==0.10.0
+beautifulsoup4==4.2.1
diff --git a/ci/requirements-2.7_LOCALE.txt b/ci/requirements-2.7_LOCALE.txt
index 9c9306bdf1872..70c398816f23c 100644
--- a/ci/requirements-2.7_LOCALE.txt
+++ b/ci/requirements-2.7_LOCALE.txt
@@ -12,3 +12,5 @@ matplotlib==1.2.1
 patsy==0.1.0
 html5lib==1.0b2
 lxml==3.2.1
+scipy==0.10.0
+beautifulsoup4==4.2.1
diff --git a/ci/requirements-3.2.txt b/ci/requirements-3.2.txt
index c72ccb06f5167..4b63fe3215973 100644
--- a/ci/requirements-3.2.txt
+++ b/ci/requirements-3.2.txt
@@ -10,3 +10,5 @@ tables==3.0.0
 matplotlib==1.2.1
 patsy==0.1.0
 lxml==3.2.1
+scipy==0.12.0
+beautifulsoup4==4.2.1
diff --git a/ci/requirements-3.3.txt b/ci/requirements-3.3.txt
index c00c51f4ab7d2..eb1e725d98040 100644
--- a/ci/requirements-3.3.txt
+++ b/ci/requirements-3.3.txt
@@ -10,3 +10,5 @@ tables==3.0.0
 matplotlib==1.2.1
 patsy==0.1.0
 lxml==3.2.1
+scipy==0.12.0
+beautifulsoup4==4.2.1
diff --git a/ci/speedpack/build.sh b/ci/speedpack/build.sh
index 39994fb3f30d6..d19c6da8a86ed 100755
--- a/ci/speedpack/build.sh
+++ b/ci/speedpack/build.sh
@@ -18,12 +18,13 @@ apt-add-repository ppa:fkrull/deadsnakes -y
 apt-get update
 
 # install some deps and virtualenv
-apt-get install python-pip libfreetype6-dev libpng12-dev -y
+apt-get install python-pip libfreetype6-dev libpng12-dev libhdf5-serial-dev \
+    g++ libatlas-base-dev gfortran -y
 pip install virtualenv
-apt-get install libhdf5-serial-dev g++ -y
 apt-get build-dep python-lxml -y
 
 export PYTHONIOENCODING='utf-8'
+export VIRTUALENV_DISTRIBUTE=0
 
 function generate_wheels() {
     # get the requirements file
@@ -50,11 +51,7 @@ function generate_wheels() {
 
     # install pip setuptools
     pip install -I --download-cache /tmp 'git+https://github.com/pypa/pip@42102e9d#egg=pip'
-    DISTRIBUTE_VERSION=
-    if [ "${PY_MAJOR}" == "2" ]; then
-        DISTRIBUTE_VERSION="==0.6.35"
-    fi
-    pip install -I --download-cache /tmp distribute${DISTRIBUTE_VERSION}
+    pip install -I -U --download-cache /tmp setuptools
     pip install -I --download-cache /tmp wheel
 
     # make the dir if it doesn't exist