diff --git a/debian/tribler.postinst b/debian/tribler.postinst
index 966f983f2ad..a7b7bb5c793 100644
--- a/debian/tribler.postinst
+++ b/debian/tribler.postinst
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 if which pip >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    # 2019-08-26 wheel is necessary for other pip installs
+    pip install --upgrade wheel
     # Install pony orm with pip since it is not available in Debian repository
-    pip install --user pony>=0.7.9
+    pip install --upgrade pony==0.7.9
     # 2019-02-13; Add lz4 compression ; Remove this once this library is updated in Debian repo
-    pip install --user lz4
+    pip install --upgrade lz4
 fi
diff --git a/debian/tribler.prerm b/debian/tribler.prerm
index b69bea38d4d..d7094ce14cc 100644
--- a/debian/tribler.prerm
+++ b/debian/tribler.prerm
@@ -3,4 +3,6 @@ if which pip >/dev/null 2>&1; then
     pip uninstall -y pony
     # Remove lz4 from pip
     pip uninstall -y lz4
+    # Remove wheel the last
+    pip uninstall -y wheel
 fi
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