diff --git a/komodo/build.py b/komodo/build.py
index 0b3331e78..8278ab740 100644
--- a/komodo/build.py
+++ b/komodo/build.py
@@ -53,59 +53,6 @@ def dfs(package_name: str, pkg_order: List[str], visited: Set[str]):
     return pkg_order
 
 
-# When running cmake we pass the option -DDEST_PREFIX=fakeroot, this is an
-# absolute hack to be able to build opm-common and sunbeam with the ~fakeroot
-# implementation used by komodo.
-#
-# See sunbeam/CMakeLists.txt for a more detailed description of the issue.
-# When/if the opm project updates the generated opm-common-config.cmake to work
-# with "make DESTDIR=" the DEST_PREFIX cmake flag can be removed.
-
-
-def cmake(
-    package_name,
-    ver,
-    pkgpath,
-    prefix,
-    builddir,
-    makeopts,
-    jobs,
-    fakeroot,
-    ld_lib_path=None,
-    bin_path=None,
-    cmake="cmake",
-):
-    bdir = f"{package_name}-{ver}-build"
-    if builddir is not None:
-        bdir = os.path.join(builddir, bdir)
-
-    fakeprefix = fakeroot + prefix
-
-    flags = [
-        "-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release",
-        f"-DBOOST_ROOT={fakeprefix}",
-        "-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON",
-        f"-DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH={fakeprefix}",
-        f"-DCMAKE_MODULE_PATH={fakeprefix}/share/cmake/Modules",
-        f"-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX={prefix}",
-        f"-DDEST_PREFIX={fakeroot}",
-    ]
-
-    Path(bdir).mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
-    with pushd(bdir):
-        os.environ["LD_LIBRARY_PATH"] = ld_lib_path
-        _pre_PATH = os.environ["PATH"]  # pylint: disable=invalid-name
-        os.environ["PATH"] = bin_path
-
-        print(f"Installing {package_name} ({ver}) from source with cmake")
-        shell([cmake, pkgpath, *flags, makeopts])
-        print(shell(f"make -j{jobs}"))
-        print(shell(f"make DESTDIR={fakeroot} install"))
-
-        del os.environ["LD_LIBRARY_PATH"]
-        os.environ["PATH"] = _pre_PATH
-
-
 def sh(
     package_name,
     ver,
@@ -143,20 +90,6 @@ def sh(
         print(f"Installing {package_name} ({ver}) from sh")
         shell(cmd)
 
-
-def rsync(package_name, ver, pkgpath, prefix, fakeroot, makeopts=None):
-    print(f"Installing {package_name} ({ver}) with rsync")
-    # assume a root-like layout in the pkgpath dir, and just copy it
-    shell(
-        [
-            "rsync -am",
-            makeopts,
-            f"{pkgpath}/",
-            fakeroot + prefix,
-        ],
-    )
-
-
 def download(package_name, ver, prefix, url, hash_str, fakeroot, destination):
     print(f"Installing {package_name} ({ver}) with download")
 
@@ -204,27 +137,6 @@ def download(package_name, ver, prefix, url, hash_str, fakeroot, destination):
         )
 
 
-def pip_install(package_name, ver, prefix, dlprefix, fakeroot, pip="pip", makeopts=""):
-    ver = strip_version(ver)
-    if ver == LATEST_PACKAGE_ALIAS:
-        ver = latest_pypi_version(package_name)
-    cmd = [
-        pip,
-        f"install {package_name}=={strip_version(ver)}",
-        f"--root {fakeroot}",
-        f"--prefix {prefix}",
-        "--no-index",
-        "--no-deps",
-        "--ignore-installed",
-        f"--cache-dir {dlprefix}",
-        f"--find-links {dlprefix}",
-        makeopts,
-    ]
-
-    print(f"Installing {package_name} ({ver}) from pip")
-    shell(cmd)
-
-
 def noop(package_name, ver):
     print(f"Doing nothing for noop package {package_name} ({ver})")
 
@@ -317,30 +229,8 @@ def resolve(input_str):
             makeopts = f"{makeopts} {extra_makeopts}"
         makeopts = resolve(makeopts)
 
-        if make == "cmake":
-            cmake(
-                package_name=package_name,
-                ver=ver,
-                pkgpath=pkgpath,
-                prefix=prefix,
-                builddir=builddir,
-                makeopts=makeopts,
-                jobs=jobs,
-                fakeroot=fakeroot,
-                ld_lib_path=ld_lib_path,
-                bin_path=bin_path,
-                cmake=cmk,
-            )
-        elif make == "pip":
-            pip_install(
-                package_name=package_name,
-                ver=ver,
-                prefix=prefix,
-                dlprefix=dlprefix,
-                fakeroot=fakeroot,
-                pip=pip,
-                makeopts=makeopts,
-            )
+        if make == "pip":
+            continue
         elif make == "sh":
             sh(
                 package_name=package_name,
@@ -358,15 +248,6 @@ def resolve(input_str):
                 cmake=cmk,
                 makeopts=makeopts,
             )
-        elif make == "rsync":
-            rsync(
-                package_name=package_name,
-                ver=ver,
-                pkgpath=pkgpath,
-                prefix=prefix,
-                fakeroot=fakeroot,
-                makeopts=makeopts,
-            )
         elif make == "noop":
             noop(package_name=package_name, ver=ver)
         elif make == "download":
diff --git a/komodo/cli.py b/komodo/cli.py
index 3de887ed7..665838320 100755
--- a/komodo/cli.py
+++ b/komodo/cli.py
@@ -293,6 +293,7 @@ def install_previously_downloaded_pip_packages(
             str(release_root),
             "--no-index",
             "--no-deps",
+            "--compile",
             "--ignore-installed",
             # assuming fetch.py has done "pip download" to this directory:
             f"--cache-dir {downloads_directory}",
diff --git a/komodo/data/setup-py.sh b/komodo/data/setup-py.sh
index ac378bb62..596286f67 100755
--- a/komodo/data/setup-py.sh
+++ b/komodo/data/setup-py.sh
@@ -57,4 +57,5 @@ $PIP install $OPTS .           \
     --root $FAKEROOT     \
     --no-deps            \
     --no-cache-dir       \
+    --compile            \
     --prefix $PREFIX 1>&2