diff --git a/examples/pip_parse_vendored/BUILD.bazel b/examples/pip_parse_vendored/BUILD.bazel
index ddf328192..b856c9452 100644
--- a/examples/pip_parse_vendored/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/examples/pip_parse_vendored/BUILD.bazel
@@ -9,24 +9,6 @@ compile_pip_requirements(
     src = "requirements.in",
 )
 
-# The requirements.bzl file is generated with a reference to the interpreter for the host platform.
-# In order to check in a platform-agnostic file, we have to replace that reference with the symbol
-# loaded from our python toolchain.
-genrule(
-    name = "make_platform_agnostic",
-    srcs = ["@pip//:requirements.bzl"],
-    outs = ["requirements.clean.bzl"],
-    cmd = " | ".join([
-        "cat $<",
-        # Insert our load statement after the existing one so we don't produce a file with buildifier warnings
-        """sed -e '/^load.*.pip.bzl/i\\'$$'\\n''load("@python39//:defs.bzl", "interpreter")'""",
-        # Replace the bazel 6.0.0 specific comment with something that bazel 5.4.0 would produce.
-        # This enables this example to be run as a test under bazel 5.4.0.
-        """sed -e 's#@//#//#'""",
-        """sed 's#"@python39_.*//:bin/python3"#interpreter#' >$@""",
-    ]),
-)
-
 write_file(
     name = "gen_update",
     out = "update.sh",
@@ -35,14 +17,14 @@ write_file(
         "#!/usr/bin/env bash",
         # Bazel gives us a way to access the source folder!
         "cd $BUILD_WORKSPACE_DIRECTORY",
-        "cp -fv bazel-bin/requirements.clean.bzl requirements.bzl",
+        "cp -fv bazel-pip_parse_vendored/external/pip/requirements.bzl requirements.bzl",
     ],
 )
 
 sh_binary(
     name = "vendor_requirements",
     srcs = ["update.sh"],
-    data = [":make_platform_agnostic"],
+    data = ["@pip//:requirements.bzl"],
 )
 
 # Similarly ensures that the requirements.bzl file is updated
@@ -51,5 +33,5 @@ diff_test(
     name = "test_vendored",
     failure_message = "Please run:  bazel run //:vendor_requirements",
     file1 = "requirements.bzl",
-    file2 = ":make_platform_agnostic",
+    file2 = "@pip//:requirements.bzl",
 )
diff --git a/examples/pip_parse_vendored/requirements.bzl b/examples/pip_parse_vendored/requirements.bzl
index adbee66ca..206f8bb65 100644
--- a/examples/pip_parse_vendored/requirements.bzl
+++ b/examples/pip_parse_vendored/requirements.bzl
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
 """Starlark representation of locked requirements.
 
 @generated by rules_python pip_parse repository rule
-from //:requirements.txt
+from @//:requirements.txt
 """
 
-load("@python39//:defs.bzl", "interpreter")
 load("@rules_python//python:pip.bzl", "pip_utils")
 load("@rules_python//python/pip_install:pip_repository.bzl", "group_library", "whl_library")
 
@@ -17,7 +16,7 @@ all_whl_requirements = all_whl_requirements_by_package.values()
 all_data_requirements = ["@pip//certifi:data", "@pip//charset_normalizer:data", "@pip//idna:data", "@pip//requests:data", "@pip//urllib3:data"]
 
 _packages = [("pip_certifi", "certifi==2023.7.22     --hash=sha256:539cc1d13202e33ca466e88b2807e29f4c13049d6d87031a3c110744495cb082     --hash=sha256:92d6037539857d8206b8f6ae472e8b77db8058fec5937a1ef3f54304089edbb9"), ("pip_charset_normalizer", "charset-normalizer==2.1.1     --hash=sha256:5a3d016c7c547f69d6f81fb0db9449ce888b418b5b9952cc5e6e66843e9dd845     --hash=sha256:83e9a75d1911279afd89352c68b45348559d1fc0506b054b346651b5e7fee29f"), ("pip_idna", "idna==3.4     --hash=sha256:814f528e8dead7d329833b91c5faa87d60bf71824cd12a7530b5526063d02cb4     --hash=sha256:90b77e79eaa3eba6de819a0c442c0b4ceefc341a7a2ab77d7562bf49f425c5c2"), ("pip_requests", "requests==2.28.1     --hash=sha256:7c5599b102feddaa661c826c56ab4fee28bfd17f5abca1ebbe3e7f19d7c97983     --hash=sha256:8fefa2a1a1365bf5520aac41836fbee479da67864514bdb821f31ce07ce65349"), ("pip_urllib3", "urllib3==1.26.13     --hash=sha256:47cc05d99aaa09c9e72ed5809b60e7ba354e64b59c9c173ac3018642d8bb41fc     --hash=sha256:c083dd0dce68dbfbe1129d5271cb90f9447dea7d52097c6e0126120c521ddea8")]
-_config = {"download_only": False, "enable_implicit_namespace_pkgs": False, "environment": {}, "extra_pip_args": [], "isolated": True, "pip_data_exclude": [], "python_interpreter": "python3", "python_interpreter_target": interpreter, "quiet": True, "repo": "pip", "repo_prefix": "pip_", "timeout": 600}
+_config = {"download_only": False, "enable_implicit_namespace_pkgs": False, "environment": {}, "extra_pip_args": [], "isolated": True, "pip_data_exclude": [], "python_interpreter": "python3", "python_interpreter_target": "@python39_host//:python", "quiet": True, "repo": "pip", "repo_prefix": "pip_", "timeout": 600}
 _annotations = {}
 
 def requirement(name):