diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 469e9d3612..af4d87f999 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -69,6 +69,8 @@ END_UNRELEASED_TEMPLATE
 * (bootstrap) For {obj}`--bootstrap_impl=system_python`, the sys.path order has
   changed from `[app paths, stdlib, runtime site-packages]` to `[stdlib, app
   paths, runtime site-packages]`.
+* (pip) Publishing deps are no longer pulled via `experimental_index_url`.
+  ([#2937](https://github.com/bazel-contrib/rules_python/issues/2937)).
 
 {#v0-0-0-fixed}
 ### Fixed
diff --git a/MODULE.bazel b/MODULE.bazel
index 6251ed4c3c..bb0c8942d8 100644
--- a/MODULE.bazel
+++ b/MODULE.bazel
@@ -168,12 +168,6 @@ pip = use_extension("//python/extensions:pip.bzl", "pip")
 ]
 
 pip.parse(
-    # NOTE @aignas 2024-10-26: We have an integration test that depends on us
-    # being able to build sdists for this hub, so explicitly set this to False.
-    #
-    # how do we test sdists? Maybe just worth adding a single sdist somewhere?
-    download_only = False,
-    experimental_index_url = "https://pypi.org/simple",
     hub_name = "rules_python_publish_deps",
     python_version = "3.11",
     requirements_by_platform = {