diff --git a/cmake/UserverVenv.cmake b/cmake/UserverVenv.cmake
index ad3699921f71..aff1a5a7e101 100644
--- a/cmake/UserverVenv.cmake
+++ b/cmake/UserverVenv.cmake
@@ -161,14 +161,6 @@ function(userver_venv_setup)
         endforeach()
         list(TRANSFORM ARG_REQUIREMENTS PREPEND "--requirement=" OUTPUT_VARIABLE pip_requirements)
 
-        # psycopg2 implicitly requires 'wheel' to be already installed
-        execute_process(
-            COMMAND "${venv_bin_dir}/python3" -m pip install -U wheel ${ARG_PIP_ARGS} RESULT_VARIABLE status
-        )
-        if(status)
-            message(FATAL_ERROR "Failed to install venv requirements")
-        endif()
-
         execute_process(
             COMMAND "${venv_bin_dir}/python3" -m pip install --disable-pip-version-check -U ${pip_requirements}
                     ${ARG_PIP_ARGS} RESULT_VARIABLE status