diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.rst b/CONTRIBUTING.rst
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--- a/CONTRIBUTING.rst
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.rst
@@ -407,10 +407,10 @@ those: ``devscripts``, ``git``, ``git-buildpackage``, ``pip`` and
      monkeysign --version
      monkeysign --test
      monkeyscan
+     dpkg --remove monkeysign
 
 6. build and test Python "wheel"::
 
-     dpkg --remove monkeysign
      python setup.py bdist_wheel
      pip install dist/*.whl
      monkeysign --version