diff --git a/pip/req/req_set.py b/pip/req/req_set.py
index 3391e6f7d64..59e611ffb99 100644
--- a/pip/req/req_set.py
+++ b/pip/req/req_set.py
@@ -381,30 +381,9 @@ def prepare_files(self, finder, force_root_egg_info=False, bundle=False):
                                 req_to_install.run_egg_info()
                             if url and url.scheme in vcs.all_schemes:
                                 req_to_install.archive(self.download_dir)
-
-                        ##############################
-                        ## parse wheel dependencies ##
-                        ##############################
-
                         elif is_wheel:
                             req_to_install.source_dir = location
                             req_to_install.url = url.url
-                            dist = list(
-                                pkg_resources.find_distributions(location)
-                            )[0]
-                            if not req_to_install.req:
-                                req_to_install.req = dist.as_requirement()
-                                self.add_requirement(req_to_install)
-                            if not self.ignore_dependencies:
-                                for subreq in dist.requires(
-                                        req_to_install.extras):
-                                    if self.has_requirement(
-                                            subreq.project_name):
-                                        continue
-                                    subreq = InstallRequirement(str(subreq),
-                                                                req_to_install)
-                                    reqs.append(subreq)
-                                    self.add_requirement(subreq)
                         else:
                             req_to_install.source_dir = location
                             req_to_install.run_egg_info()
@@ -444,11 +423,30 @@ def prepare_files(self, finder, force_root_egg_info=False, bundle=False):
                                 )
                                 install = False
 
-                ##############################
-                ## parse sdist dependencies ##
-                ##############################
+                ########################
+                ## parse dependencies ##
+                ########################
+
+                if is_wheel:
+                    dist = list(
+                        pkg_resources.find_distributions(location)
+                    )[0]
+                    if not req_to_install.req:
+                        req_to_install.req = dist.as_requirement()
+                        self.add_requirement(req_to_install)
+                    if not self.ignore_dependencies:
+                        for subreq in dist.requires(
+                                req_to_install.extras):
+                            if self.has_requirement(
+                                    subreq.project_name):
+                                continue
+                            subreq = InstallRequirement(str(subreq),
+                                                        req_to_install)
+                            reqs.append(subreq)
+                            self.add_requirement(subreq)
 
-                if not (is_bundle or is_wheel):
+                # sdists
+                elif not is_bundle:
                     ## FIXME: shouldn't be globally added:
                     finder.add_dependency_links(
                         req_to_install.dependency_links
@@ -482,12 +480,14 @@ def prepare_files(self, finder, force_root_egg_info=False, bundle=False):
                     if not self.has_requirement(req_to_install.name):
                         #'unnamed' requirements will get added here
                         self.add_requirement(req_to_install)
-                    if (self.is_download
-                            or req_to_install._temp_build_dir is not None):
-                        self.reqs_to_cleanup.append(req_to_install)
-                else:
-                    self.reqs_to_cleanup.append(req_to_install)
 
+                # cleanup tmp src
+                if not is_bundle:
+                    if (
+                        self.is_download or
+                        req_to_install._temp_build_dir is not None
+                    ):
+                        self.reqs_to_cleanup.append(req_to_install)
                 if install:
                     self.successfully_downloaded.append(req_to_install)
                     if (bundle
diff --git a/tests/data/packages/colander-0.9.9-py2.py3-none-any.whl b/tests/data/packages/colander-0.9.9-py2.py3-none-any.whl
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..031718f9c37
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diff --git a/tests/data/packages/translationstring-1.1.tar.gz b/tests/data/packages/translationstring-1.1.tar.gz
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..25370b8f9ff
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diff --git a/tests/functional/test_install_download.py b/tests/functional/test_install_download.py
index b6c4e9143e0..37fa260aea6 100644
--- a/tests/functional/test_install_download.py
+++ b/tests/functional/test_install_download.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import os
 import textwrap
 
 from tests.lib.path import Path
@@ -63,6 +64,34 @@ def test_download_should_download_dependencies(script):
     assert script.site_packages / 'openid' not in result.files_created
 
 
+def test_download_wheel_archive(script, data):
+    """
+    It should download a wheel archive path
+    """
+    wheel_filename = 'colander-0.9.9-py2.py3-none-any.whl'
+    wheel_path = os.path.join(data.find_links, wheel_filename)
+    result = script.pip(
+        'install', wheel_path,
+        '-d', '.', '--no-deps'
+    )
+    assert Path('scratch') / wheel_filename in result.files_created
+
+
+def test_download_should_download_wheel_deps(script, data):
+    """
+    It should download dependencies for wheels(in the scratch path)
+    """
+    wheel_filename = 'colander-0.9.9-py2.py3-none-any.whl'
+    dep_filename = 'translationstring-1.1.tar.gz'
+    wheel_path = os.path.join(data.find_links, wheel_filename)
+    result = script.pip(
+        'install', wheel_path,
+        '-d', '.', '--find-links', data.find_links, '--no-index'
+    )
+    assert Path('scratch') / wheel_filename in result.files_created
+    assert Path('scratch') / dep_filename in result.files_created
+
+
 def test_download_should_skip_existing_files(script):
     """
     It should not download files already existing in the scratch dir