diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 4ebbcaf52..cfa4bc0d3 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ RUN apt update -qq > /dev/null \
     patch \
     pkg-config \
     python3-pip \
+    python3-venv \
     python3-setuptools \
     sudo \
     unzip \
@@ -76,6 +77,6 @@ WORKDIR ${WORK_DIR}
 COPY --chown=user:user . ${SRC_DIR}
 
 # installs buildozer and dependencies
-RUN pip3 install --user --upgrade Cython==0.29.19 wheel pip virtualenv ${SRC_DIR}
+RUN pip3 install --user --upgrade Cython==0.29.19 wheel pip ${SRC_DIR}
 
 ENTRYPOINT ["buildozer"]
diff --git a/docs/source/installation.rst b/docs/source/installation.rst
index 4fb667edd..ddade13de 100644
--- a/docs/source/installation.rst
+++ b/docs/source/installation.rst
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ Android on Ubuntu 20.04 and 22.04 (64bit)
 ::
 
     sudo apt update
-    sudo apt install -y git zip unzip openjdk-17-jdk python3-pip autoconf libtool pkg-config zlib1g-dev libncurses5-dev libncursesw5-dev libtinfo5 cmake libffi-dev libssl-dev
-    pip3 install --user --upgrade Cython==0.29.19 virtualenv  # the --user should be removed if you do this in a venv
+    sudo apt install -y git zip unzip openjdk-17-jdk python3-pip python3-venv autoconf libtool pkg-config zlib1g-dev libncurses5-dev libncursesw5-dev libtinfo5 cmake libffi-dev libssl-dev
+    pip3 install --user --upgrade Cython==0.29.19  # the --user should be removed if you do this in a venv
 
     # add the following line at the end of your ~/.bashrc file
     export PATH=$PATH:~/.local/bin/
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ Android on macOS
     brew install openssl
     sudo ln -sfn /usr/local/opt/openssl /usr/local/ssl
     brew install pkg-config autoconf automake
-    python3 -m pip install --user --upgrade Cython==0.29.19 virtualenv  # the --user should be removed if you do this in a venv
+    python3 -m pip install --user --upgrade Cython==0.29.19  # the --user should be removed if you do this in a venv
 
     # add the following line at the end of your `~/.bashrc` file
     export PATH=$PATH:~/Library/Python/3.7/bin
@@ -110,8 +110,8 @@ Install homebrew (https://brew.sh)
     brew install pkg-config sdl2 sdl2_image sdl2_ttf sdl2_mixer gstreamer autoconf automake
 
 
-Install pip and virtualenv
+Install pip
 
 ::
 
-    python3 -m pip install --user --upgrade pip virtualenv kivy-ios
+    python3 -m pip install --user --upgrade pip kivy-ios
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 01c295649..99756338e 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ def find_version(*file_paths):
         ],
     package_data={'buildozer': ['default.spec']},
     include_package_data=True,
-    install_requires=['pexpect', 'virtualenv', 'sh'],
+    install_requires=['pexpect', 'sh'],
     classifiers=[
         'Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable', 
         'Intended Audience :: Developers',