diff --git a/scripts/release/homebrew/docker/formula_generate.py b/scripts/release/homebrew/docker/formula_generate.py
index d6e899af9d5..d524b471752 100644
--- a/scripts/release/homebrew/docker/formula_generate.py
+++ b/scripts/release/homebrew/docker/formula_generate.py
@@ -61,7 +61,8 @@ def collect_resources() -> str:
 
 
 def resource_filter(name: str) -> bool:
-    return not name.startswith('azure-cli') and name not in ('futures')
+    # TODO remove need for any filters and delete this method.
+    return not name.startswith('azure-cli') and name not in ('futures', 'jeepney', 'entrypoints')
 
 
 def last_bottle_hash():
diff --git a/scripts/release/homebrew/docker/formula_template.txt b/scripts/release/homebrew/docker/formula_template.txt
index c48c8fdacdc..e778670b256 100644
--- a/scripts/release/homebrew/docker/formula_template.txt
+++ b/scripts/release/homebrew/docker/formula_template.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 class AzureCli < Formula
+  include Language::Python::Virtualenv
+
   desc "Microsoft Azure CLI 2.0"
   homepage "https://docs.microsoft.com/cli/azure/overview"
   url "{{ upstream_url }}"
@@ -14,12 +16,8 @@ class AzureCli < Formula
 {{ resources }}
 
   def install
-    xy = Language::Python.major_minor_version "python3"
-    site_packages = libexec/"lib/python#{xy}/site-packages"
-    ENV.prepend_create_path "PYTHONPATH", site_packages
-    ENV.prepend "LDFLAGS", "-L#{Formula["openssl"].opt_lib}"
-    ENV.prepend "CFLAGS", "-I#{Formula["openssl"].opt_include}"
-    ENV.prepend "CPPFLAGS", "-I#{Formula["openssl"].opt_include}"
+    venv = virtualenv_create(libexec, "python3")
+    venv.pip_install resources
 
     # Get the CLI components we'll install
     components = [
@@ -31,38 +29,16 @@ class AzureCli < Formula
     ]
     components += Pathname.glob(buildpath/"src/command_modules/azure-cli-*/")
 
-    # Install dependencies
-    # note: Even if in 'resources', don't include 'futures' as not needed for Python3
-    # and causes import errors. See https://github.com/agronholm/pythonfutures/issues/41
-    deps = resources.map(&:name).to_set - ["futures"]
-    deps.each do |r|
-      resource(r).stage do
-        system "python3", *Language::Python.setup_install_args(libexec)
-      end
-    end
-
     # Install CLI
     components.each do |item|
       cd item do
-        system "python3", *Language::Python.setup_install_args(libexec)
+        venv.pip_install item
       end
     end
 
-    # This replaces the `import pkg_resources` namespace imports from upstream
-    # with empty string as the import is slow and not needed in this environment.
-    File.open(site_packages/"azure/__init__.py", "w") {}
-    File.open(site_packages/"azure/cli/__init__.py", "w") {}
-    File.open(site_packages/"azure/cli/command_modules/__init__.py", "w") {}
-    File.open(site_packages/"azure/mgmt/__init__.py", "w") {}
-
     (bin/"az").write <<~EOS
       #!/usr/bin/env bash
-      export PYTHONPATH="#{ENV["PYTHONPATH"]}"
-      if command -v python#{xy} >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-        python#{xy} -m azure.cli \"$@\"
-      else
-        python3 -m azure.cli \"$@\"
-      fi
+      #{libexec}/bin/python -m azure.cli \"$@\"
     EOS
 
     bash_completion.install "az.completion" => "az"
diff --git a/scripts/release/homebrew/docker/run.sh b/scripts/release/homebrew/docker/run.sh
index 679abbc07db..e6cefec019b 100755
--- a/scripts/release/homebrew/docker/run.sh
+++ b/scripts/release/homebrew/docker/run.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 root=$(cd $(dirname $0); pwd)
 
-pip install wheel==0.30.0
+pip install wheel
 pip install -U pip
 pip install -r $root/requirements.txt
 pip install azure-cli==$CLI_VERSION -f /mnt/pypi
diff --git a/src/azure-cli-core/azure/cli/core/extension/__init__.py b/src/azure-cli-core/azure/cli/core/extension/__init__.py
index 22d8e549ac9..8fcfa6c1e3c 100644
--- a/src/azure-cli-core/azure/cli/core/extension/__init__.py
+++ b/src/azure-cli-core/azure/cli/core/extension/__init__.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 import os
 import traceback
 import json
+import re
 
 from knack.config import CLIConfig
 from knack.log import get_logger
@@ -29,6 +30,12 @@
 EXT_METADATA_MAXCLICOREVERSION = 'azext.maxCliCoreVersion'
 EXT_METADATA_ISPREVIEW = 'azext.isPreview'
 
+WHEEL_INFO_RE = re.compile(
+    r"""^(?P<namever>(?P<name>.+?)(-(?P<ver>\d.+?))?)
+    ((-(?P<build>\d.*?))?-(?P<pyver>.+?)-(?P<abi>.+?)-(?P<plat>.+?)
+    \.whl|\.dist-info)$""",
+    re.VERBOSE).match
+
 logger = get_logger(__name__)
 
 
@@ -108,7 +115,6 @@ def get_version(self):
         return self.metadata.get('version')
 
     def get_metadata(self):
-        from wheel.install import WHEEL_INFO_RE
         from glob import glob
         if not extension_exists(self.name):
             return None
diff --git a/src/azure-cli-core/azure/cli/core/extension/_resolve.py b/src/azure-cli-core/azure/cli/core/extension/_resolve.py
index 2a101c3b65f..478cf435ddc 100644
--- a/src/azure-cli-core/azure/cli/core/extension/_resolve.py
+++ b/src/azure-cli-core/azure/cli/core/extension/_resolve.py
@@ -2,12 +2,11 @@
 # Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
 # Licensed under the MIT License. See License.txt in the project root for license information.
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-from wheel.install import WHEEL_INFO_RE
 from pkg_resources import parse_version
 
 from knack.log import get_logger
 
-from azure.cli.core.extension import ext_compat_with_cli
+from azure.cli.core.extension import ext_compat_with_cli, WHEEL_INFO_RE
 from azure.cli.core.extension._index import get_index_extensions
 
 
diff --git a/src/azure-cli-core/azure/cli/core/extension/operations.py b/src/azure-cli-core/azure/cli/core/extension/operations.py
index 63a55aecc33..5cfed375a47 100644
--- a/src/azure-cli-core/azure/cli/core/extension/operations.py
+++ b/src/azure-cli-core/azure/cli/core/extension/operations.py
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
 from six.moves.urllib.parse import urlparse  # pylint: disable=import-error
 
 import requests
-from wheel.install import WHEEL_INFO_RE
 from pkg_resources import parse_version
 
 from knack.log import get_logger
@@ -22,7 +21,7 @@
 from azure.cli.core.util import CLIError, reload_module
 from azure.cli.core.extension import (extension_exists, get_extension_path, get_extensions, get_extension_modname,
                                       get_extension, ext_compat_with_cli, EXT_METADATA_ISPREVIEW,
-                                      WheelExtension, DevExtension, ExtensionNotInstalledException)
+                                      WheelExtension, DevExtension, ExtensionNotInstalledException, WHEEL_INFO_RE)
 from azure.cli.core.telemetry import set_extension_management_detail
 
 from ._homebrew_patch import HomebrewPipPatch
diff --git a/src/azure-cli-core/setup.py b/src/azure-cli-core/setup.py
index fd46eb1240d..002539ae27c 100644
--- a/src/azure-cli-core/setup.py
+++ b/src/azure-cli-core/setup.py
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
     'requests>=2.20.0',
     'six',
     'tabulate>=0.7.7',
-    'wheel==0.30.0',
+    'wheel',
     'azure-mgmt-resource==2.1.0'
 ]
 
diff --git a/src/command_modules/azure-cli-extension/setup.py b/src/command_modules/azure-cli-extension/setup.py
index 63c63145383..e66bcb87c0b 100644
--- a/src/command_modules/azure-cli-extension/setup.py
+++ b/src/command_modules/azure-cli-extension/setup.py
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 DEPENDENCIES = [
     'azure-cli-core',
     'pip',
-    'wheel==0.30.0',
+    'wheel',
 ]
 
 with open('README.rst', 'r', encoding='utf-8') as f: