diff --git a/pkg/common/env-cleanup-rules.yml b/pkg/common/env-cleanup-rules.yml
index 6fd360fc4cd1..657f56e795a7 100644
--- a/pkg/common/env-cleanup-rules.yml
+++ b/pkg/common/env-cleanup-rules.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ common:
     - "**/site-packages/ansible/plugins/test/**"
   dir_patterns: &common_dir_patterns
     - "**/__pycache__"
-    - "**/lib/python3.*/ensurepip"
     - "**/lib/python3.*/idlelib"
     - "**/lib/python3.*/test"
     - "**/lib/python3.*/tkinter"
@@ -47,7 +46,6 @@ ci:
     dir_patterns: &ci_windows_dir_patterns
       - *common_dir_patterns
       - "**/artifacts/salt/configs"
-      - "**/lib/ensurepip"
       - "**/site-packages/adodbapi"
       - "**/site-packages/isapi"
       - "**/site-packages/pythonwin"