diff --git a/DEBUGGING.md b/DEBUGGING.md
deleted file mode 100644
index a117915..0000000
--- a/DEBUGGING.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-
-[Virtualenv installs envs into local/bin instead of bin]
-https://askubuntu.com/questions/1406304/virtualenv-installs-envs-into-local-bin-instead-of-bin
-
-[BUG] setuptools>=60.0.0 causes virtualenv to create abnormal tree structure on ubuntu 22.04 #3278
-https://github.com/pypa/setuptools/issues/3278
-PR is old, mentions tested with 60, 61, 62
-
-Ubuntu 22.02 packages and dependencies:
-    python3-pip
-      Depends: ca-certificates
-      Depends: python3-distutils
-      Depends: python3-setuptools
-      Depends: python3-wheel
-      Depends: <python3:any>
-        python3:i386
-        python3
-      Breaks: python-pip
-      Recommends: build-essential
-      Recommends: python3-dev
-      Replaces: python-pip
-
-distutils, setuptools versions (`deb`=system python3-setuptools package)
-find with e.g. `find .build/bootstrap/pactivate/ -name \*setuptools\*`
-
-    3.10.4  59.6.0-1.2  yasu 22.04 deb package version
-            65.3.0      container 22.04 virtualenv
-            -           yasu 22.04 deb: not installed
-            -           container 22.04 deb: not installed
-            65.3.0      container bootstrap (probably)
-
-pass/fail systems:
-
-    ok  Docker container (record config here!)
-    ok  Yasu WSL2 22.04; has distutils installed
-    BAD Yasu ??? 22.04; no distutils
-
-distutils versions:
diff --git a/cont-test b/cont-test
index 4993d59..570dc54 100755
--- a/cont-test
+++ b/cont-test
@@ -68,17 +68,6 @@ echo '━━━━━ run pactivate clean'
 [[ -d $bsve/virtualenv/ ]] || fail "not a dir: $bsve/virtualenv/"
 $virtualenv/bin/pip --version || fail "pip --version didn't work"
 
-# temp stop and look
-echo
-ls -CF .build/virtualenv/
-fail "XXX Tests temporarily stop here"
-
-echo '━━━━━ XXX debugging test'
-rm -rf .build
-ln -s $(/usr/local/pythonz/bin/pythonz locate 3.10.7) .python
-(. $pactivate)
-$virtualenv/bin/pip --version || fail "pip --version didn't work"
-
 echo '━━━━━ run pactivate installed'
 #   This should do nothing but run the existing virtualenv's activate
 #   It also tests the -q option so we can leave it out (by default)
diff --git a/pactivate b/pactivate
index dfaa111..9e2abc0 100644
--- a/pactivate
+++ b/pactivate
@@ -64,6 +64,8 @@ mkdir -p "$__pa_bootdir"    # also ensures that $__pa_builddir exists
     echo '----- Installing bootstrap virtualenv'
     PYTHONPATH="$__pa_bootdir" "$__pa_bootdir/bin/pip" \
         $__pa_quiet install -t "$__pa_bootdir" virtualenv
+        #   If you want to use "current" virtualenv instead, install:
+        #       git+https://github.com/pypa/virtualenv@main
 }
 
 [[ -d $__pa_builddir/virtualenv/ ]] || {
@@ -83,6 +85,7 @@ mkdir -p "$__pa_bootdir"    # also ensures that $__pa_builddir exists
         echo
     fi
     echo -n "Version: " && "$__pa_python" --version
+    DEB_PYTHON_INSTALL_LAYOUT='deb' \
     PYTHONPATH="$__pa_bootdir" "$__pa_python_deref" -s -m virtualenv \
         $__pa_quiet --prompt $(dirname "$__pa_basedir") \
         "$__pa_builddir/virtualenv/" \