diff --git a/tools/cmake/build.cmake b/tools/cmake/build.cmake
index 273f751e6e..78b95f8d45 100644
--- a/tools/cmake/build.cmake
+++ b/tools/cmake/build.cmake
@@ -273,27 +273,6 @@ function(__build_write_properties output_file)
     file(WRITE ${output_file} "${build_properties_text}")
 endfunction()
 
-#
-# Check if the Python interpreter used for the build has all the required modules.
-#
-function(__build_check_python)
-    idf_build_get_property(check __CHECK_PYTHON)
-    if(check)
-        idf_build_get_property(python PYTHON)
-        idf_build_get_property(idf_path IDF_PATH)
-        message(STATUS "Checking Python dependencies...")
-        execute_process(COMMAND "${python}" "${idf_path}/tools/idf_tools.py" "check-python-dependencies"
-            RESULT_VARIABLE result)
-        if(result EQUAL 1)
-            # check_python_dependencies returns error code 1 on failure
-            message(FATAL_ERROR "Some Python dependencies must be installed. Check above message for details.")
-        elseif(NOT result EQUAL 0)
-            # means check_python_dependencies.py failed to run at all, result should be an error message
-            message(FATAL_ERROR "Failed to run Python dependency check. Python: ${python}, Error: ${result}")
-        endif()
-    endif()
-endfunction()
-
 #
 # Prepare for component processing expanding each component's project include
 #
@@ -414,9 +393,6 @@ macro(idf_build_process target)
 
     __build_set_default(SDKCONFIG_DEFAULTS "")
 
-    # Check for required Python modules
-    __build_check_python()
-
     idf_build_get_property(target IDF_TARGET)
 
     if(NOT "${target}" STREQUAL "linux")
diff --git a/tools/idf.py b/tools/idf.py
index e8950fd5cf..fb66b3192b 100755
--- a/tools/idf.py
+++ b/tools/idf.py
@@ -89,24 +89,6 @@ def check_environment():
     except RuntimeError as e:
         raise FatalError(e)
 
-    # check Python dependencies
-    checks_output.append('Checking Python dependencies...')
-    try:
-        out = subprocess.check_output(
-            [
-                os.environ['PYTHON'],
-                os.path.join(os.environ['IDF_PATH'], 'tools', 'idf_tools.py'),
-                'check-python-dependencies',
-            ],
-            env=os.environ,
-        )
-
-        checks_output.append(out.decode('utf-8', 'ignore').strip())
-    except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
-        print_warning(e.output.decode('utf-8', 'ignore'), stream=sys.stderr)
-        debug_print_idf_version()
-        raise SystemExit(1)
-
     return checks_output
 
 
diff --git a/tools/idf_tools.py b/tools/idf_tools.py
index 9ce3f9f64b..1670ade1b0 100755
--- a/tools/idf_tools.py
+++ b/tools/idf_tools.py
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 import argparse
 import contextlib
 import copy
+import datetime
 import errno
 import functools
 import hashlib
@@ -1517,6 +1518,16 @@ def get_constraints(idf_version):  # type: (str) -> str
 
     mkdir_p(os.path.dirname(temp_path))
 
+    try:
+        age = datetime.date.today() - datetime.date.fromtimestamp(os.path.getmtime(constraint_path))
+        if age < datetime.timedelta(days=1):
+            info(f'Skipping the download of {constraint_path} because it was downloaded recently. If you believe '
+                 f'that this is causing you trouble then remove it manually and re-run your install script.')
+            return constraint_path
+    except OSError:
+        # doesn't exist or inaccessible
+        pass
+
     for _ in range(DOWNLOAD_RETRY_COUNT):
         download(constraint_url, temp_path)
         if not os.path.isfile(temp_path):