diff --git a/bits_helpers/build.py b/bits_helpers/build.py
index 6431e37..9919313 100644
--- a/bits_helpers/build.py
+++ b/bits_helpers/build.py
@@ -1276,15 +1276,10 @@ def performPreferCheckWithTempDir(pkg, cmd):
 
     # The actual build script.
     debug("spec = %r", spec)
-
-    cmd_raw = ""
-    try:
-      fp = open(dirname(realpath(__file__))+'/build_template.sh', 'r')
-      cmd_raw = fp.read()
-      fp.close()
-    except Exception:
-      from pkg_resources import resource_string
-      cmd_raw = resource_string("bits_helpers", 'build_template.sh')
+    
+    fp = open(dirname(realpath(__file__))+'/build_template.sh', 'r')
+    cmd_raw = fp.read()
+    fp.close()
 
     if args.docker:
       cachedTarball = re.sub("^" + workDir, "/sw", spec["cachedTarball"])