Python "pip install " is failing with AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'SSL_ST_INIT'

$ sudo pip install --upgrade pyOpenSSL Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/local/bin/pip", line 9, in <module> load_entry_point('pip==8.1.1', 'console_scripts', 'pip')() File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 558, in load_entry_point return get_distribution(dist).load_entry_point(group, name) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 2682, in load_entry_point return ep.load() File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 2355, in load return self.resolve() File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 2361, in resolve module = __import__(self.module_name, fromlist=['__name__'], level=0) File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pip-8.1.1- py2.7.egg/pip/__init__.py", line 16, in <module> from pip.vcs import git, mercurial, subversion, bazaar # noqa File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pip-8.1.1- py2.7.egg/pip/vcs/mercurial.py", line 9, in <module> from pip.download import path_to_url File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pip-8.1.1- py2.7.egg/pip/download.py", line 39, in <module> from pip._vendor import requests, six File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pip-8.1.1- py2.7.egg/pip/_vendor/requests/__init__.py", line 53, in <module> from .packages.urllib3.contrib import pyopenssl File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pip-8.1.1- py2.7.egg/pip/_vendor/requests/packages/urllib3/contrib/pyopenssl.py", line 54, in <module> import OpenSSL.SSL File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/OpenSSL/__init__.py", line 8, in <module> from OpenSSL import rand, crypto, SSL File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/OpenSSL/SSL.py", line 118, in <module> SSL_ST_INIT = _lib.SSL_ST_INIT AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'SSL_ST_INIT' I am unable to Uninstall " pip uninstall pyopenssl " Using pip gets me this error. Thanks in advance. Additional Details: I am using Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description: Ubuntu 15.10 Release: 15.10 Codename: wily