diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 65f2aa0a..77b36805 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ PLATFORM =
 
 [base]
 deps =
-    pip>=21.1
+    pip>=21.3
     setuptools_scm
 
 [testenv]
@@ -83,10 +83,6 @@ deps =
     {[base]deps}
     pylint
 
-commands_pre =
-    # need to generate version info in a fresh checkout
-    python setup.py egg_info
-
 commands =
     pylint --rcfile={toxinidir}/.pylintrc --fail-under=8.00 pystache/
 
@@ -104,7 +100,7 @@ commands =
 passenv = CI,PYTHON,PYTHONIOENCODING
 
 deps =
-    pip>=22.1
+    {[base]deps}
     build
     twine
 
@@ -119,7 +115,7 @@ skip_install = true
 allowlist_externals = bash
 
 deps =
-    pip>=22.1
+    pip>=21.3
 
 commands =
     pip install pystache --force-reinstall --pre --prefer-binary -f dist/
@@ -135,10 +131,6 @@ deps =
     {[base]deps}
     .[doc]
 
-commands_pre =
-    # need to generate version info in a fresh checkout
-    bash -c '[[ -f pystache/_version.py ]] || python setup.py egg_info'
-
 commands = make -C docs html
 
 [testenv:docs-lint]
@@ -149,9 +141,6 @@ allowlist_externals =
 deps =
     {[testenv:docs]deps}
 
-commands_pre =
-    {[testenv:docs]commands_pre}
-
 commands = make -C docs linkcheck
 
 [testenv:changes]
@@ -182,10 +171,6 @@ deps =
     {[base]deps}
     bandit
 
-commands_pre =
-    # need to generate version info in a fresh checkout
-    python setup.py egg_info
-
 commands =
     bandit -r pystache/ -x pystache/tests