diff --git a/files/build_templates/sonic_debian_extension.j2 b/files/build_templates/sonic_debian_extension.j2
index a08872c4ea42..04f5181ff610 100644
--- a/files/build_templates/sonic_debian_extension.j2
+++ b/files/build_templates/sonic_debian_extension.j2
@@ -77,11 +77,9 @@ sudo cp {{swsssdk_py2_wheel_path}} $FILESYSTEM_ROOT/$SWSSSDK_PY2_WHEEL_NAME
 sudo LANG=C chroot $FILESYSTEM_ROOT pip install $SWSSSDK_PY2_WHEEL_NAME
 sudo rm -rf $FILESYSTEM_ROOT/$SWSSSDK_PY2_WHEEL_NAME
 
-# Install SONiC Utilities Python package
-SONIC_UTILITIES_WHEEL_NAME=$(basename {{sonic_utilities_wheel_path}})
-sudo cp {{sonic_utilities_wheel_path}} $FILESYSTEM_ROOT/$SONIC_UTILITIES_WHEEL_NAME
-sudo LANG=C chroot $FILESYSTEM_ROOT pip install $SONIC_UTILITIES_WHEEL_NAME
-sudo rm -rf $FILESYSTEM_ROOT/$SONIC_UTILITIES_WHEEL_NAME
+# Install SONiC Utilities (and its dependencies via 'apt-get -y install -f')
+sudo dpkg --root=$FILESYSTEM_ROOT -i target/debs/python-sonic-utilities_*.deb || \
+    sudo LANG=C DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive chroot $FILESYSTEM_ROOT apt-get -y install -f
 
 # SONiC utilities installs bash-completion as a dependency. However, it is disabled by default
 # in bash.bashrc, so we copy a version of the file with it enabled here.
diff --git a/rules/sonic-utilities.mk b/rules/sonic-utilities.mk
index 1634ab88f46a..9349813f5c4e 100644
--- a/rules/sonic-utilities.mk
+++ b/rules/sonic-utilities.mk
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 # sonic utilities package
 
-SONIC_UTILITIES = sonic_utilities-1.1-py2-none-any.whl
-$(SONIC_UTILITIES)_SRC_PATH = $(SRC_PATH)/sonic-utilities
-$(SONIC_UTILITIES)_PYTHON_VERSION = 2
-$(SONIC_UTILITIES)_DEPENDS += $(SWSSSDK_PY2)
-SONIC_PYTHON_WHEELS += $(SONIC_UTILITIES)
+SONIC_UTILS = python-sonic-utilities_1.1-1_all.deb
+$(SONIC_UTILS)_SRC_PATH = $(SRC_PATH)/sonic-utilities
+SONIC_PYTHON_STDEB_DEBS += $(SONIC_UTILS)
diff --git a/slave.mk b/slave.mk
index 16fea944853e..c26e4932f05a 100644
--- a/slave.mk
+++ b/slave.mk
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ $(DOCKER_LOAD_TARGETS) : $(TARGET_PATH)/%.gz-load : .platform docker-start $$(TA
 ###############################################################################
 
 # targets for building installers with base image
-$(addprefix $(TARGET_PATH)/, $(SONIC_INSTALLERS)) : $(TARGET_PATH)/% : .platform onie-image.conf $$(addprefix $(DEBS_PATH)/,$$($$*_DEPENDS)) $$(addprefix $(DEBS_PATH)/,$$($$*_INSTALLS)) $$(addprefix $(FILES_PATH)/,$$($$*_FILES)) $(addprefix $(DEBS_PATH)/,$(INITRAMFS_TOOLS) $(LINUX_KERNEL) $(IGB_DRIVER) $(SONIC_DEVICE_DATA)) $$(addprefix $(TARGET_PATH)/,$$($$*_DOCKERS)) $$(addprefix $(PYTHON_WHEELS_PATH)/,$(SONIC_CONFIG_ENGINE)) $$(addprefix $(PYTHON_WHEELS_PATH)/,$(SONIC_UTILITIES))
+$(addprefix $(TARGET_PATH)/, $(SONIC_INSTALLERS)) : $(TARGET_PATH)/% : .platform onie-image.conf $$(addprefix $(DEBS_PATH)/,$$($$*_DEPENDS)) $$(addprefix $(DEBS_PATH)/,$$($$*_INSTALLS)) $$(addprefix $(FILES_PATH)/,$$($$*_FILES)) $(addprefix $(DEBS_PATH)/,$(INITRAMFS_TOOLS) $(LINUX_KERNEL) $(IGB_DRIVER) $(SONIC_DEVICE_DATA) $(SONIC_UTILS)) $$(addprefix $(TARGET_PATH)/,$$($$*_DOCKERS)) $$(addprefix $(PYTHON_WHEELS_PATH)/,$(SONIC_CONFIG_ENGINE))
 	$(HEADER)
 	# Pass initramfs and linux kernel explicitly. They are used for all platforms
 	export initramfs_tools="$(DEBS_PATH)/$(INITRAMFS_TOOLS)"
@@ -397,7 +397,6 @@ $(addprefix $(TARGET_PATH)/, $(SONIC_INSTALLERS)) : $(TARGET_PATH)/% : .platform
 	export installer_images="$(addprefix $(TARGET_PATH)/,$($*_DOCKERS))"
 	export config_engine_wheel_path="$(addprefix $(PYTHON_WHEELS_PATH)/,$(SONIC_CONFIG_ENGINE))"
 	export swsssdk_py2_wheel_path="$(addprefix $(PYTHON_WHEELS_PATH)/,$(SWSSSDK_PY2))"
-	export sonic_utilities_wheel_path="$(addprefix $(PYTHON_WHEELS_PATH)/,$(SONIC_UTILITIES))"
 	
 	$(foreach docker, $($*_DOCKERS),\
 		export docker_image="$(docker)"
diff --git a/src/sonic-utilities b/src/sonic-utilities
index 3a40ff94dc24..77c9f811d23d 160000
--- a/src/sonic-utilities
+++ b/src/sonic-utilities
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 3a40ff94dc240a751d77547eb91083a5f7a6f7a3
+Subproject commit 77c9f811d23dd83abc4bc429b329a5e50a2abba6