diff --git a/cfengine-ci/cfengine-ci-buildhost.cf b/cfengine-ci/cfengine-ci-buildhost.cf
index 3320702..b930bc8 100644
--- a/cfengine-ci/cfengine-ci-buildhost.cf
+++ b/cfengine-ci/cfengine-ci-buildhost.cf
@@ -43,8 +43,11 @@ bundle agent cfengine_ci_buildhost
       "python3-pip";
       "rsync"; # added for debian-10
 
-  commands:
+  classes:
     debian_11::
+      "have_pip2" expression => fileexists("/usr/local/bin/pip");
+  commands:
+    debian_11.!have_pip2::
       "wget https://bootstrap.pypa.io/pip/2.7/get-pip.py -O get-pip.py && python2 get-pip.py && pip install psycopg2-binary"
         contain => in_shell;
     ubuntu_16:: # mingw host