diff --git a/pavelib/prereqs.py b/pavelib/prereqs.py
index 2c84e6610b..0a334a8152 100644
--- a/pavelib/prereqs.py
+++ b/pavelib/prereqs.py
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import os
 import hashlib
 from distutils import sysconfig
 from paver.easy import *
-import subprocess
 from .utils.envs import Env
 
 
@@ -134,24 +133,8 @@ def python_prereqs_installation():
     """
     Installs Python prerequisites
     """
-
-    try:
-        subprocess.check_call(
-            "pip-accel --version",
-            stdout=file("/dev/null"),
-            stderr=file("/dev/null"),
-            shell=True
-        )
-        executable = 'pip-accel'
-    except subprocess.CalledProcessError:
-        executable = 'pip'
-
     for req_file in PYTHON_REQ_FILES:
-        sh("{ex} install -q --exists-action=w -r {req_file}".format(
-            ex=executable,
-            req_file=req_file,
-            )
-        )
+        sh("pip install -q --exists-action w -r {req_file}".format(req_file=req_file))
 
 
 @task
diff --git a/requirements/edx/paver.txt b/requirements/edx/paver.txt
index e551898e34..2d110fc9dd 100644
--- a/requirements/edx/paver.txt
+++ b/requirements/edx/paver.txt
@@ -5,7 +5,3 @@ lazy==1.1
 path.py==3.0.1
 watchdog==0.7.1
 python-memcached
-
-# Requirements to run paver with pip-accel
--e git+https://github.com/jzoldak/pip.git@v1.4.1patch772#egg=pip
-pip-accel[s3]==0.22
diff --git a/scripts/all-tests.sh b/scripts/all-tests.sh
index a58bd2023f..cb4f502eb0 100755
--- a/scripts/all-tests.sh
+++ b/scripts/all-tests.sh
@@ -94,22 +94,8 @@ if [ -e $HOME/edx-venv_clean.tar.gz ]; then
     tar -C $HOME -xf $HOME/edx-venv_clean.tar.gz
 fi
 
-# Activate a new Python virtualenv
-virtualenv $HOME/edx-venv-$GIT_COMMIT
-source $HOME/edx-venv-$GIT_COMMIT/bin/activate
-
-# boto and path.py are requirements of scripts/pip_cache_store.py which is used
-# to download the pip download cache from S3.
-# We are installing just boto and path.py here to avoid installing all of base.txt
-# and paver.txt before getting the download cache. If versions of these are changed
-# in requirements files, they will be updated by install_prereqs.
-pip install -q boto>=2.32.1 path.py>=3.0.1
-
-# Download the pip-download-cache
-python scripts/pip_cache_store.py download -b edx-platform.dependency-cache -f v1/master -d $HOME/.pip/download-cache/ -t $HOME/pip-download-cache.tar.gz
-
-# Now install paver requirements
-pip install -q -r requirements/edx/paver.txt
+# Activate the Python virtualenv
+source $HOME/edx-venv/bin/activate
 
 # If the environment variable 'SHARD' is not set, default to 'all'.
 # This could happen if you are trying to use this script from
@@ -136,15 +122,7 @@ case "$TEST_SUITE" in
 <testcase classname="quality" name="quality" time="0.604"></testcase>
 </testsuite>
 END
-        exitcode=$EXIT
-
-        # Update the pip-download-cache.tar.gz in S3 if JOB_NAME starts with "edx-all-tests-auto-master/"
-        # (for old jenkins) or "edx-platform-all-tests-master/" (for new jenkins).
-        # The JOB_NAME is something along the lines of "edx-all-tests-auto-master/SHARD=1,TEST_SUITE=quality".
-        if [[ ${JOB_NAME} == 'edx-all-tests-auto-master/'* ]] || [[ ${JOB_NAME} == 'edx-platform-all-tests-master/'* ]]; then
-            python scripts/pip_cache_store.py upload -b edx-platform.dependency-cache -f v1/master -d $HOME/.pip/download-cache/ -t $HOME/pip-download-cache.tar.gz
-        fi
-        exit $exitcode
+        exit $EXIT
         ;;
 
     "unit")
@@ -224,8 +202,3 @@ END
         ;;
 
 esac
-
-
-# Deactivate and clean up python virtualenv
-deactivate
-rm -r $HOME/edx-venv-$GIT_COMMIT
diff --git a/scripts/pip_cache_store.py b/scripts/pip_cache_store.py
deleted file mode 100644
index cf02c91644..0000000000
--- a/scripts/pip_cache_store.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,170 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
-"""
-This script is intended to be used to store the ~/.pip/download-cache
-directory in S3. The primary use case, as of this writing, is to help
-speed up Jenkins build times for edx-platform tests.
-
-Before running pip-accel install (or pip install) on a Jenkins worker,
-this directory will be downloaded from S3.
-
-For usage:  `python pip_cache_store.py -h`.
-"""
-import argparse
-from boto.s3.connection import S3Connection
-from boto.exception import S3ResponseError
-import os
-from path import path
-import sys
-import tarfile
-
-
-class S3TarStore():
-    """
-    Static methods for storing directories in S3 in tar.gz form.
-    """
-
-    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
-        self.dirpath = kwargs['dirpath']
-        self.tarpath = kwargs['tarpath']
-        self.bucket_name = kwargs['bucket_name']
-        self.keyname = path(kwargs['bucket_folder']) / self.tarpath.basename()
-
-    @staticmethod
-    def bucket(bucket_name):
-        """
-        Returns bucket matching name. If there exists no such bucket
-        or there is an exception raised, then `None` is returned.
-        """
-        try:
-            conn = S3Connection()
-            bucket = conn.get_bucket(bucket_name)
-        except S3ResponseError:
-            print ( 
-                "Please check that the bucket {} exists and that you have "
-                "the proper credentials to access it.".format(bucket_name)
-            )
-            return None
-        except Exception as e:
-            print (
-                "There was an error while connecting to S3. "
-                "Please check error log for more details."
-            )
-            sys.stderr.write(e.message)
-            return None
-
-        if not bucket:
-            print "No such bucket {}.".format(self.bucket_name)
-
-        return bucket
-
-
-    @staticmethod
-    def download_dir(bucket, tarpath, dirpath, keyname):
-        """
-        Downloads a file matching `keyname` from `bucket`
-        to `tarpath`. It then extracts the tar.gz file into `dirpath`.
-        If no matching `keyname` is found, it does nothing.
-
-        Note that any exceptions that occur while downloading or unpacking
-        will be logged, but not raised.
-        """
-        key = bucket.lookup(keyname)
-        if key:
-            try:
-                print "Downloading contents of {} from S3.".format(keyname)
-                key.get_contents_to_filename(tarpath)
-
-                with tarfile.open(tarpath, mode="r:gz") as tar:
-                    print "Unpacking {} to {}".format(tarpath, dirpath)
-                    tar.extractall(path=dirpath.parent)
-            except Exception as e:
-                print ("Ignored Exception:\n {}".format(e.message))
-        else:
-            print (
-                "Couldn't find anything matching {} in S3 bucket. "
-                "Doing Nothing.".format(keyname)
-            )
-
-    @staticmethod
-    def upload_dir(bucket, tarpath, dirpath, keyname):
-        """
-        Packs the contents of `dirpath` into a tar.gz file named
-        `tarpath.basename()`. It then uploads the tar.gz file to `bucket`
-        as `keyname`. If `dirpath` is not a directory, it does nothing.
-
-        Note that any exceptions that occur while compressing or uploading
-        will be logged, but not raised.
-        # """
-        if dirpath.isdir():
-            try:
-                with tarfile.open(tarpath, "w:gz") as tar:
-                    print "Packing up {} to {}".format(dirpath, tarpath)
-                    tar.add(dirpath, arcname='/')
-
-                print "Uploading {} to S3 bucket.".format(keyname)
-                existing_key = bucket.lookup(keyname)
-                key = existing_key if existing_key else bucket.new_key(keyname)
-                key.set_contents_from_filename(tarpath)
-            except Exception as e:
-                print ("Ignored Exception:\n {}".format(e.message))
-                sys.stderr.write(e.message)
-        else:
-            "Path {} isn't a directory. Doing Nothing.".format(dirname)
-
-    def download(self):
-        """
-        Checks that bucket is available and downloads self.keyname to self.tarpath. 
-        Then extracts self.tarpath to self.dirpath.
-        """
-        bucket = self.bucket(self.bucket_name)
-        if not bucket:
-            return
-        
-        self.download_dir(bucket, self.tarpath, self.dirpath, self.keyname)
-
-    def upload(self):
-        """
-        Checks that bucket is available. Then compresses self.dirpath to self.tarpath
-        and uploads self.tarpath to self.keyname.
-        """
-        bucket = self.bucket(self.bucket_name)
-        if not bucket:
-            return
-        
-        self.upload_dir(bucket, self.tarpath, self.dirpath, self.keyname)
-
-
-def main():
-    """
-    Calls S3TarStore.upload or S3TarStore.download using the command line args.
-    """
-    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Upload/download tar.gz files to/from S3.')
-    parser.add_argument('action', choices=('upload', 'download'))
-    parser.add_argument('--bucket', '-b', dest='bucket_name', required=True,
-                        help='Name of S3 bucket.')
-    parser.add_argument('--folder', '-f', dest='bucket_folder', required=True,
-                        help='Folder within S3 bucket. (ex. "v1/my-branch-name/")')
-    parser.add_argument('--dir', '-d', dest='dirpath', required=True,
-                        help='Directory to be uploaded from or downloaded to. '
-                        '(ex. "~/.pip/download-cache/")')
-    parser.add_argument('--tar', '-t', dest='tarpath', required=True,
-                        help='Path to place newly created or downloaded tarfile. '
-                        'The basename of this should be the basename of the tarfile '
-                        'stored in S3. (ex. "~/pip-download-cache.tar.gz")')
-    args = parser.parse_args()
-
-    store = S3TarStore(
-        dirpath = path(args.dirpath),
-        tarpath = path(args.tarpath),
-        bucket_name = args.bucket_name,
-        bucket_folder = args.bucket_folder,
-    )
-    
-    if args.action == 'upload':
-        store.upload()
-    elif args.action == 'download':
-        store.download()
-
-
-if __name__ == '__main__':
-    main()