diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests-nightly.yml b/.github/workflows/tests-nightly.yml
index b1e85cc2a..0c489eff1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests-nightly.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests-nightly.yml
@@ -63,10 +63,9 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: |
           uv pip show --system torch
-          uv pip install --system --no-build-isolation -U -e .
-          python scripts/unsloth_install.py --uv | sh
-          python scripts/cutcrossentropy_install.py --uv | sh
-          uv pip install --system -e .[dev]
+          uv pip install --system --no-build-isolation -U -e ".[dev]"
+          python scripts/unsloth_install.py | sh
+          python scripts/cutcrossentropy_install.py | sh
 
       - name: Make sure PyTorch version wasn't clobbered
         run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index a0eccfe81..e39c758e8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -84,10 +84,10 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: |
           uv pip show --system torch
-          uv pip install --system --no-build-isolation -U -e .
-          python scripts/unsloth_install.py --uv | sh
-          python scripts/cutcrossentropy_install.py --uv | sh
-          uv pip install --system -e .[dev]
+          uv pip install --system wheel
+          uv pip install --system --no-build-isolation -U -e ".[dev]"
+          python scripts/unsloth_install.py | sh
+          python scripts/cutcrossentropy_install.py | sh
 
       - name: Make sure PyTorch version wasn't clobbered
         run: |
@@ -157,8 +157,8 @@ jobs:
           uv pip show --system torch
           uv pip install --system wheel
           uv pip install --system --no-build-isolation -e .
-          python scripts/unsloth_install.py --uv | sh
-          python scripts/cutcrossentropy_install.py --uv | sh
+          python scripts/unsloth_install.py | sh
+          python scripts/cutcrossentropy_install.py | sh
           uv pip install --system -e .[dev]
 
       - name: Make sure PyTorch version wasn't clobbered
@@ -178,7 +178,6 @@ jobs:
           pytest -v --durations=10 tests/monkeypatch/ --cov=axolotl --cov-append --cov-report=xml
           pytest -v --durations=10 tests/cli/
 
-
   gate-skip-e2e:
     needs: [pre-commit, pytest, pytest-sdist]
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
diff --git a/cicd/Dockerfile.jinja b/cicd/Dockerfile.jinja
index 9c37c484e..d294460d7 100644
--- a/cicd/Dockerfile.jinja
+++ b/cicd/Dockerfile.jinja
@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@ RUN if [ "$AXOLOTL_EXTRAS" != "" ] ; then \
         uv pip install --no-build-isolation -e .[deepspeed,flash-attn,ring-flash-attn,optimizers,ray] $AXOLOTL_ARGS; \
     fi
 
-RUN python scripts/unsloth_install.py --uv | sh
-RUN python scripts/cutcrossentropy_install.py --uv | sh
+RUN python scripts/unsloth_install.py | sh
+RUN python scripts/cutcrossentropy_install.py | sh
 
 # So we can test the Docker image
 RUN uv pip install -e .[dev]
diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile b/docker/Dockerfile
index 958c971b8..2c64364ac 100644
--- a/docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ RUN if [ "$AXOLOTL_EXTRAS" != "" ] ; then \
     else \
         uv pip install --no-build-isolation -e .[deepspeed,flash-attn,ring-flash-attn,optimizers,ray] $AXOLOTL_ARGS; \
     fi && \
-    python scripts/unsloth_install.py --uv | sh && \
-    python scripts/cutcrossentropy_install.py --uv | sh && \
+    python scripts/unsloth_install.py | sh && \
+    python scripts/cutcrossentropy_install.py | sh && \
     uv pip install pytest
 
 # fix so that git fetch/pull from remote works with shallow clone
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 1f688a91c..f503cda8d 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -188,7 +188,6 @@ dev = [
     # Utilities
     "blobfile",
     "tiktoken",
-    "wheel",
 ]
 
 [project.scripts]
diff --git a/scripts/cutcrossentropy_install.py b/scripts/cutcrossentropy_install.py
index 451df38aa..050461971 100644
--- a/scripts/cutcrossentropy_install.py
+++ b/scripts/cutcrossentropy_install.py
@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@ except ImportError as exc:
     raise ImportError("Install torch via `pip install torch`") from exc
 from packaging.version import Version as V
 
-USE_UV = "--uv" in sys.argv[1:]
-
 v = V(torch.__version__)
 
 # no cut-cross-entropy support for torch < 2.4.0
@@ -23,12 +21,9 @@ cce_spec = importlib.util.find_spec("cut_cross_entropy")
 UNINSTALL_PREFIX = ""
 if cce_spec:
     if not importlib.util.find_spec("cut_cross_entropy.transformers"):
-        uninstall_cmd = "uv pip uninstall" if USE_UV else "pip"
-        UNINSTALL_PREFIX = f"{uninstall_cmd} uninstall -y cut-cross-entropy && "
-
-UV_PREFIX = "uv " if USE_UV else ""
+        UNINSTALL_PREFIX = "uv pip uninstall -y cut-cross-entropy && "
 
 print(
     UNINSTALL_PREFIX
-    + f'{UV_PREFIX}pip install "cut-cross-entropy[transformers] @ git+https://github.com/axolotl-ai-cloud/ml-cross-entropy.git@147ea28"'
+    + 'uv pip install --system "cut-cross-entropy[transformers] @ git+https://github.com/axolotl-ai-cloud/ml-cross-entropy.git@c6a32c5"'
 )
diff --git a/scripts/unsloth_install.py b/scripts/unsloth_install.py
index c0e5bbe70..8b06e81b3 100644
--- a/scripts/unsloth_install.py
+++ b/scripts/unsloth_install.py
@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@ except ImportError as error:
     raise ImportError("Install torch via `pip install torch`") from error
 from packaging.version import Version as V
 
-use_uv = "--uv" in sys.argv[1:]
-
 v = V(torch.__version__)
 cuda = str(torch.version.cuda)
 try:
@@ -34,7 +32,6 @@ elif v < V("2.6.0"):
 else:
     raise RuntimeError(f"Torch = {v} too new!")
 x = x.format(cuda.replace(".", ""), "-ampere" if is_ampere else "")
-uv_prefix = "uv " if use_uv else ""
 print(
-    f'{uv_prefix}pip install unsloth-zoo==2024.12.1 && {uv_prefix}pip install --no-deps "unsloth[{x}]==2024.12.4"'
+    f'uv pip install --system unsloth-zoo==2024.12.1 && uv pip install --system --no-deps "unsloth[{x}]==2024.12.4"'
 )