diff --git a/samples/asteroids/requirements.txt b/samples/asteroids/requirements.txt
index e596b96a23..a8e341eee1 100644
--- a/samples/asteroids/requirements.txt
+++ b/samples/asteroids/requirements.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
--f ./wheels
---pre
+--pre --extra-index-url https://archive.panda3d.org/branches/deploy-ng
 panda3d
diff --git a/samples/asteroids/wheels/readme.txt b/samples/asteroids/wheels/readme.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index d0ea2e0941..0000000000
--- a/samples/asteroids/wheels/readme.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Put whl files in this folder to get picked up by the build step