diff --git a/builder/image-ros.sh b/builder/image-ros.sh
index 77dbdff6..6cd2eb9e 100755
--- a/builder/image-ros.sh
+++ b/builder/image-ros.sh
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ my_travis_retry() {
 }
 
 echo "Enable installing packages with pip"
-rm /usr/lib/python3.11/EXTERNALLY-MANAGED
+mv /usr/lib/python3.11/EXTERNALLY-MANAGED /usr/lib/python3.11/EXTERNALLY-MANAGED.old
 
 # TODO: 'kinetic-rosdep-clover.yaml' should add only if we use our repo?
 echo_stamp "Init rosdep"