diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 7c2c9b701ce..698d5ba39db 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -94,7 +94,9 @@ pypi-wheels:
 	@echo "Built wheels are in venv/var/lib/sage/wheels/"
 
 # sage_docbuild is here, not in PYPI_WHEEL_PACKAGES, because it depends on sagelib
-WHEEL_PACKAGES = $(PYPI_WHEEL_PACKAGES) sage_conf sagelib sage_docbuild sagemath_bliss
+WHEEL_PACKAGES = $(PYPI_WHEEL_PACKAGES) sage_conf sagelib sage_docbuild \
+		sagemath_bliss sagemath_mcqd sagemath_tdlib sagemath_coxeter3 \
+		sagemath_sirocco sagemath_meataxe
 wheels:
 	for a in $(WHEEL_PACKAGES); do \
 	    rm -f venv/var/lib/sage/installed/$$a-*; \
diff --git a/build/pkgs/sagelib/spkg-install b/build/pkgs/sagelib/spkg-install
index 91171066089..d132beae17f 100755
--- a/build/pkgs/sagelib/spkg-install
+++ b/build/pkgs/sagelib/spkg-install
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ unset SAGE_PKG_CONFIG_PATH
 
 SITEPACKAGESDIR=$(python3 -c 'import sysconfig; print(sysconfig.get_paths()["purelib"])')
 
-export SAGE_OPTIONAL_PACKAGES_WITH_EXTENSIONS="mcqd,tdlib,coxeter3,fes,sirocco,meataxe"
+export SAGE_OPTIONAL_PACKAGES_WITH_EXTENSIONS=""
 
 if [ "$SAGE_EDITABLE" = yes ]; then
     # In an incremental build, we may need to uninstall old versions installed by distutils
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ else
         # Compiling sage/interfaces/sagespawn.pyx because it depends on /private/var/folders/38/wnh4gf1552g_crsjnv2vmmww0000gp/T/pip-build-env-609n5985/overlay/lib/python3.10/site-packages/Cython/Includes/posix/unistd.pxd
         time sdh_pip_install --no-build-isolation .
     else
-        SAGE_OPTIONAL_PACKAGES_WITH_EXTENSIONS+=",bliss"
+        SAGE_OPTIONAL_PACKAGES_WITH_EXTENSIONS+="mcqd,tdlib,coxeter3,fes,sirocco,meataxe,bliss"
         time python3 -u setup.py --no-user-cfg build install || exit 1
     fi
 fi