diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 28dcfad0b8..cedd8bdf95 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ matrix:
     - compiler: ": No wallet"
       env: HOST=x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu DEP_OPTS="NO_WALLET=1" RUN_TESTS=true GOAL="install" BITCOIN_CONFIG="--enable-glibc-back-compat --enable-reduce-exports"
     - compiler: ": Cross-Mac"
-      env: HOST=x86_64-apple-darwin11 PACKAGES="cmake imagemagick libcap-dev librsvg2-bin libz-dev libbz2-dev libtiff-tools python-dev python-pip" BITCOIN_CONFIG="--enable-reduce-exports" OSX_SDK=10.9 GOAL="deploy"
+      env: HOST=x86_64-apple-darwin11 PACKAGES="cmake imagemagick libcap-dev librsvg2-bin libz-dev libbz2-dev libtiff-tools python-dev" BITCOIN_CONFIG="--enable-reduce-exports" OSX_SDK=10.9 GOAL="deploy"
   exclude:
     - compiler: gcc
 install:
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ install:
     - if [ -n "$PPA" ]; then travis_retry sudo add-apt-repository "$PPA" -y; fi
     - if [ -n "$PACKAGES" ]; then travis_retry sudo apt-get update; fi
     - if [ -n "$PACKAGES" ]; then travis_retry sudo apt-get install --no-install-recommends --no-upgrade -qq $PACKAGES; fi
-    - if [[ "$HOST" =~ apple ]]; then pip install --user mac_alias ds_store; export PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH"; ( wget 'https://bitbucket.org/al45tair/ds_store/get/c80c23706eae.tar.gz' && tar -xzvpf c80c23706eae.tar.gz && cd al45tair-ds_store-c80c23706eae/ && python setup.py install --user; ) fi
 before_script:
     - unset CC; unset CXX
     - mkdir -p depends/SDKs depends/sdk-sources
diff --git a/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-osx.yml b/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-osx.yml
index f7b68739e7..50b914ab6f 100644
--- a/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-osx.yml
+++ b/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-osx.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ packages:
 - "libz-dev"
 - "libbz2-dev"
 - "python-dev"
-- "python-pip"
 - "fonts-tuffy"
 reference_datetime: "2015-06-01 00:00:00"
 remotes:
@@ -31,10 +30,6 @@ remotes:
 files:
 - "MacOSX10.9.sdk.tar.gz"
 script: |
-  # FIXME: We should probably install these in some other (cachable) way, but the depends system doesn't appear to make native packages available to Core's build system itself?
-  pip install --user mac_alias ds_store
-  export PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH"
-
   WRAP_DIR=$HOME/wrapped
   HOSTS="x86_64-apple-darwin11"
   CONFIGFLAGS="--enable-reduce-exports GENISOIMAGE=$WRAP_DIR/genisoimage"