diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2390c7665c05..10d47923d8f2 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -50,6 +50,3 @@ GPATH
 GRTAGS
 GSYMS
 GTAGS
-
-# Generated by build-support/bin/prepare-binary-deploy.sh for use by Travis-CI binary deploys.
-/build-support/bin/native/s3-upload/
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 2db41ecaf48c..1c0edf67957c 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -45,12 +45,14 @@ cache:
 matrix:
   include:
     - os: osx
+      # We request the oldest image we can for maximum compatibility.
+      osx_image: xcode6.4
       language: generic
       env:
         - SHARD="OSX Native Engine Binary Builder"
-        - NATIVE_ENGINE_DEPLOY=1
+        - PREPARE_DEPLOY=1
       script:
-        - ./build-support/bin/native/prepare-binary-deploy.sh
+        - ./pants --version && ./build-support/bin/release.sh -n
 
     - os: linux
       dist: trusty
@@ -61,30 +63,24 @@ matrix:
         - docker
       language: python
       python: "2.7.13"
-      addons:
-        apt:
-          packages:
-            - cmake
       env:
         - SHARD="Linux Native Engine Binary Builder"
-        - NATIVE_ENGINE_DEPLOY=1
-        # Use the standard python-2.7 docker Debian Wheezy image for binary compatibility with old
-        # linux distros.
-        - DOCKER_IMAGE="python:2.7.13-wheezy"
+        - PREPARE_DEPLOY=1
       before_install:
-        # Remove any Ubuntu binary cruft before building.
+        # Remove any host-side binary cruft before building.
         - git clean -fdx
-        - rm -rf ~/.cache/pants
-        - docker pull $DOCKER_IMAGE
       script:
-        # Map virtual mount paths 1:1 to simulate running in-place in travis.
+        - docker build --rm -t travis_ci
+          --build-arg TRAVIS_USER=$(id -un)
+          --build-arg TRAVIS_UID=$(id -u)
+          --build-arg TRAVIS_GROUP=$(id -gn)
+          --build-arg TRAVIS_GID=$(id -g)
+            build-support/docker/travis_ci/
         - docker run --rm -t
-          -v "${TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR}:${TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR}"
-          -v "${HOME}:${HOME}"
-          -e "HOME=${HOME}"
-          "${DOCKER_IMAGE}"
+          -v ${TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR}:/workdir
+          travis_ci:latest
           sh -c "
-            cd $TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR && ./build-support/bin/native/prepare-binary-deploy.sh
+            ./pants --version && ./build-support/bin/release.sh -n
           "
 
     - os: linux
@@ -141,7 +137,7 @@ matrix:
       env:
         - SHARD="Unit tests for pants and pants-plugins - shard 1"
       script:
-        - ./build-support/bin/ci.sh -x -efkmsrcnt -u 0/2 "${SHARD}"
+        - ./build-support/bin/ci.sh -x -efkmrcnt -u 0/2 "${SHARD}"
 
     - os: linux
       dist: trusty
@@ -169,7 +165,7 @@ matrix:
       env:
         - SHARD="Unit tests for pants and pants-plugins - shard 2"
       script:
-        - ./build-support/bin/ci.sh -x -efkmsrcnt -u 1/2 "${SHARD}"
+        - ./build-support/bin/ci.sh -x -efkmrcnt -u 1/2 "${SHARD}"
 
     - os: linux
       dist: trusty
@@ -197,7 +193,7 @@ matrix:
       env:
         - SHARD="Python contrib tests - shard 1"
       script:
-        - ./build-support/bin/ci.sh -x -efkmsrcjlpt -y 0/2 "${SHARD}"
+        - ./build-support/bin/ci.sh -x -efkmrcjlpt -y 0/2 "${SHARD}"
 
     - os: linux
       dist: trusty
@@ -225,7 +221,7 @@ matrix:
       env:
         - SHARD="Python contrib tests - shard 2"
       script:
-        - ./build-support/bin/ci.sh -x -efkmsrcjlpt -y 1/2 "${SHARD}"
+        - ./build-support/bin/ci.sh -x -efkmrcjlpt -y 1/2 "${SHARD}"
 
     - os: linux
       dist: trusty
@@ -253,7 +249,7 @@ matrix:
       env:
         - SHARD="Python integration tests for pants - shard 1"
       script:
-        - ./build-support/bin/ci.sh -x -efkmsrjlpnt -i 0/7 "${SHARD}"
+        - ./build-support/bin/ci.sh -x -efkmrjlpnt -i 0/7 "${SHARD}"
 
     - os: linux
       dist: trusty
@@ -281,7 +277,7 @@ matrix:
       env:
         - SHARD="Python integration tests for pants - shard 2"
       script:
-        - ./build-support/bin/ci.sh -x -efkmsrjlpnt -i 1/7 "${SHARD}"
+        - ./build-support/bin/ci.sh -x -efkmrjlpnt -i 1/7 "${SHARD}"
 
     - os: linux
       dist: trusty
@@ -309,7 +305,7 @@ matrix:
       env:
         - SHARD="Python integration tests for pants - shard 3"
       script:
-        - ./build-support/bin/ci.sh -x -efkmsrjlpnt -i 2/7 "${SHARD}"
+        - ./build-support/bin/ci.sh -x -efkmrjlpnt -i 2/7 "${SHARD}"
 
     - os: linux
       dist: trusty
@@ -337,7 +333,7 @@ matrix:
       env:
         - SHARD="Python integration tests for pants - shard 4"
       script:
-        - ./build-support/bin/ci.sh -x -efkmsrjlpnt -i 3/7 "${SHARD}"
+        - ./build-support/bin/ci.sh -x -efkmrjlpnt -i 3/7 "${SHARD}"
 
     - os: linux
       dist: trusty
@@ -365,7 +361,7 @@ matrix:
       env:
         - SHARD="Python integration tests for pants - shard 5"
       script:
-        - ./build-support/bin/ci.sh -x -efkmsrjlpnt -i 4/7 "${SHARD}"
+        - ./build-support/bin/ci.sh -x -efkmrjlpnt -i 4/7 "${SHARD}"
 
     - os: linux
       dist: trusty
@@ -393,7 +389,7 @@ matrix:
       env:
         - SHARD="Python integration tests for pants - shard 6"
       script:
-        - ./build-support/bin/ci.sh -x -efkmsrjlpnt -i 5/7 "${SHARD}"
+        - ./build-support/bin/ci.sh -x -efkmrjlpnt -i 5/7 "${SHARD}"
 
     - os: linux
       dist: trusty
@@ -421,7 +417,7 @@ matrix:
       env:
         - SHARD="Python integration tests for pants - shard 7"
       script:
-        - ./build-support/bin/ci.sh -x -efkmsrjlpnt -i 6/7 "${SHARD}"
+        - ./build-support/bin/ci.sh -x -efkmrjlpnt -i 6/7 "${SHARD}"
 
     # Rust tests
     - os: linux
@@ -435,7 +431,7 @@ matrix:
       env:
         - SHARD="Rust tests"
       script:
-        - ./build-support/bin/ci.sh -abcfjklmnprstx
+        - ./build-support/bin/ci.sh -abcfjklmnprtx
 
 deploy:
   # See: https://docs.travis-ci.com/user/deployment/s3/
@@ -444,12 +440,12 @@ deploy:
   secret_access_key:
     secure: RQVzsNfZL8AgsXdjZ67j2tWs5Tjl/FKpmE1fyVgldMbua/xhW8dzdFrtOeWjTPX4/+sJZ4U7/tZectBtWejmrXUJiZQKJwJBnsyYxysENTWOV80BEYyoz2RPr8HSVbMZ1ZHtUafzO3OqV1x+Pvgpg8FUeUfsy3TGUk0JREO90Q0=
   bucket: binaries.pantsbuild.org
-  local_dir: build-support/bin/native/s3-upload
-  # Otherwise travis will stash build-support/bin/native/s3-upload and the deploy will fail.
+  local_dir: dist/deploy
+  # Otherwise travis will stash dist/deploy and the deploy will fail.
   skip_cleanup: true
   acl: public_read
   on:
-    condition: $NATIVE_ENGINE_DEPLOY = 1
+    condition: $PREPARE_DEPLOY = 1
     branch: master
     repo: pantsbuild/pants
 
diff --git a/build-support/bin/check_native_engine_version.sh b/build-support/bin/check_native_engine_version.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index c41e8e12d29d..000000000000
--- a/build-support/bin/check_native_engine_version.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-set -e
-
-REPO_ROOT="$(cd $(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}") && cd ../.. && pwd -P)"
-
-# Defines:
-# + CACHE_ROOT: The pants cache root dir.
-# + NATIVE_ENGINE_CACHE_DIR: The native engine binary root cache directory.
-# + NATIVE_ENGINE_CACHE_TARGET_DIR: The directory containing all versions of the native engine for
-#                                   the current OS.
-# + NATIVE_ENGINE_BINARY: The basename of the native engine binary for the current OS.
-# + NATIVE_ENGINE_VERSION_RESOURCE: The path of the resource file containing the native engine
-#                                   version hash.
-# Exposes:
-# + calculate_current_hash: Calculates the current native engine version hash and echoes it to
-#                           stdout.
-# + bootstrap_native_code: Builds target-specific native engine binaries.
-source "${REPO_ROOT}/build-support/bin/native/bootstrap.sh"
-
-readonly actual_native_engine_version="$(calculate_current_hash)"
-readonly current_native_engine_version="$(cat ${NATIVE_ENGINE_VERSION_RESOURCE} | tr -d ' \n\r')"
-
-
-if [ "${actual_native_engine_version}" != "${current_native_engine_version}" ]; then
-  die "failed verification: ${current_native_engine_version} != ${actual_native_engine_version}";
-else
-  echo "verified: ${current_native_engine_version}"
-fi
diff --git a/build-support/bin/ci.sh b/build-support/bin/ci.sh
index 4234646ac475..bea31f86dbaa 100755
--- a/build-support/bin/ci.sh
+++ b/build-support/bin/ci.sh
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ function usage() {
   echo " -k           skip bootstrapped pants self compile check"
   echo " -m           skip sanity checks of bootstrapped pants and repo BUILD"
   echo "              files"
-  echo " -s           skip self-distribution tests"
   echo " -r           skip doc generation tests"
   echo " -j           skip core jvm tests"
   echo " -l           skip internal backends python tests"
@@ -67,7 +66,6 @@ while getopts "hfxbkmsrjlpeu:ny:ci:at" opt; do
     b) skip_bootstrap="true" ;;
     k) bootstrap_compile_args=() ;;
     m) skip_sanity_checks="true" ;;
-    s) skip_distribution="true" ;;
     r) skip_docs="true" ;;
     j) skip_jvm="true" ;;
     l) skip_internal_backends="true" ;;
@@ -169,14 +167,6 @@ if [[ "${skip_lint:-false}" == "false" ]]; then
   end_travis_section
 fi
 
-if [[ "${skip_distribution:-false}" == "false" ]]; then
-  # N.B. Defer start_travis_section to those within release.sh, since we can't nest.
-  banner "Running pants distribution tests"
-  (
-    ./build-support/bin/release.sh -n
-  ) || die "Failed to create pants distributions."
-fi
-
 if [[ "${skip_docs:-false}" == "false" ]]; then
   start_travis_section "DocGen" "Running site doc generation test"
   ./build-support/bin/publish_docs.sh || die "Failed to generate site docs."
diff --git a/build-support/bin/native/bootstrap.sh b/build-support/bin/native/bootstrap.sh
index 4f454d99355d..01d2c76b89fb 100644
--- a/build-support/bin/native/bootstrap.sh
+++ b/build-support/bin/native/bootstrap.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
 # Defines:
+# + LIB_EXTENSION: The extension of native libraries.
+# + KERNEL: The lower-cased name of the kernel as reported by uname.
+# + OS_NAME: The name of the OS as seen by pants.
+# + OS_ID: The ID of the current OS as seen by pants.
 # + CACHE_ROOT: The pants cache root dir.
 # + NATIVE_ENGINE_CACHE_DIR: The native engine binary root cache directory.
 # + NATIVE_ENGINE_CACHE_TARGET_DIR: The directory containing all versions of the native engine for
@@ -16,24 +20,29 @@
 REPO_ROOT=$(cd $(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}") && cd ../../.. && pwd -P)
 source ${REPO_ROOT}/build-support/common.sh
 
-# Defines:
-# + RUST_OSX_MIN_VERSION: The minimum minor version of OSX supported by Rust; eg 7 for OSX 10.7.
-# + OSX_MAX_VERSION: The current latest OSX minor version; eg 12 for OSX Sierra 10.12.
-# + LIB_EXTENSION: The extension of native libraries.
-# + KERNEL: The lower-cased name of the kernel as reported by uname.
-# + OS_NAME: The name of the OS as seen by pants.
-# + OS_ID: The ID of the current OS as seen by pants.
-# Exposes:
-# + get_native_engine_version: Echoes the current native engine version.
-# + get_rust_osx_versions: Produces the osx minor versions supported by Rust one per line.
-# + get_rust_osx_ids: Produces the BinaryUtil osx os id paths supported by rust, one per line.
-# + get_rust_os_ids: Produces the BinaryUtil os id paths supported by rust, one per line.
-source ${REPO_ROOT}/build-support/bin/native/utils.sh
+# TODO(John Sirois): Eliminate this replication of BinaryUtil logic internal to pants code when
+# https://github.com/pantsbuild/pants/issues/4006 is complete.
+readonly KERNEL=$(uname -s | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')
+case "${KERNEL}" in
+  linux)
+    readonly LIB_EXTENSION=so
+    readonly OS_NAME=linux
+    readonly OS_ID=${OS_NAME}/$(uname -m)
+    ;;
+  darwin)
+    readonly LIB_EXTENSION=dylib
+    readonly OS_NAME=mac
+    readonly OS_ID=${OS_NAME}/$(sw_vers -productVersion | cut -d: -f2 | tr -d ' \t' | cut -d. -f1-2)
+    ;;
+  *)
+    die "Unknown kernel ${KERNEL}, cannot bootstrap pants native code!"
+    ;;
+esac
 
 readonly NATIVE_ROOT="${REPO_ROOT}/src/rust/engine"
 readonly NATIVE_ENGINE_MODULE="native_engine"
 readonly NATIVE_ENGINE_BINARY="${NATIVE_ENGINE_MODULE}.so"
-readonly NATIVE_ENGINE_VERSION_RESOURCE="${REPO_ROOT}/src/python/pants/engine/native_engine_version"
+readonly NATIVE_ENGINE_RESOURCE="${REPO_ROOT}/src/python/pants/engine/${NATIVE_ENGINE_BINARY}"
 readonly CFFI_BOOTSTRAPPER="${REPO_ROOT}/build-support/native-engine/bootstrap_cffi.py"
 
 # N.B. Set $MODE to "debug" to generate a binary with debugging symbols.
@@ -118,8 +127,7 @@ function _build_native_code() {
 }
 
 function bootstrap_native_code() {
-  # Bootstraps the native code and overwrites the native_engine_version to the resulting hash
-  # version if needed.
+  # Bootstraps the native code only if needed.
   local native_engine_version="$(calculate_current_hash)"
   local target_binary="${NATIVE_ENGINE_CACHE_TARGET_DIR}/${native_engine_version}/${NATIVE_ENGINE_BINARY}"
   if [ ! -f "${target_binary}" ]
@@ -139,10 +147,6 @@ function bootstrap_native_code() {
 
     mkdir -p "$(dirname ${target_binary})"
     cp "${native_binary}" "${target_binary}"
-
-    # NB: The resource file emitted/over-written below is used by the `Native` class to default
-    # the native engine library version used by pants. More info can be read at the end of this
-    # document:  src/python/pants/engine/README.md
-    echo ${native_engine_version} > ${NATIVE_ENGINE_VERSION_RESOURCE}
   fi
+  cp -p "${target_binary}" "${NATIVE_ENGINE_RESOURCE}"
 }
diff --git a/build-support/bin/native/prepare-binary-deploy.sh b/build-support/bin/native/prepare-binary-deploy.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index db9f86e7019f..000000000000
--- a/build-support/bin/native/prepare-binary-deploy.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,67 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-set -e
-
-REPO_ROOT=$(cd $(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}") && cd ../../.. && pwd -P)
-
-# Indirectly defines:
-# + RUST_OSX_MIN_VERSION: The minimum minor version of OSX supported by Rust; eg 7 for OSX 10.7.
-# + OSX_MAX_VERSION: The current latest OSX minor version; eg 12 for OSX Sierra 10.12.
-# + LIB_EXTENSION: The extension of native libraries.
-# + KERNEL: The lower-cased name of the kernel as reported by uname.
-# + OS_NAME: The name of the OS as seen by pants.
-# + OS_ID: The ID of the current OS as seen by pants.
-# Indirectly exposes:
-# + get_native_engine_version: Echoes the current native engine version.
-# + get_rust_osx_versions: Produces the osx minor versions supported by Rust one per line.
-# + get_rust_osx_ids: Produces the BinaryUtil osx os id paths supported by rust, one per line.
-# + get_rust_os_ids: Produces the BinaryUtil os id paths supported by rust, one per line.
-# Defines:
-# + CACHE_ROOT: The pants cache root dir.
-# + NATIVE_ENGINE_CACHE_DIR: The native engine binary root cache directory.
-# + NATIVE_ENGINE_CACHE_TARGET_DIR: The directory containing all versions of the native engine for
-#                                   the current OS.
-# + NATIVE_ENGINE_BINARY: The basename of the native engine binary for the current OS.
-# + NATIVE_ENGINE_VERSION_RESOURCE: The path of the resource file containing the native engine
-#                                   version hash.
-# Exposes:
-# + calculate_current_hash: Calculates the current native engine version hash and echoes it to
-#                           stdout.
-# + bootstrap_native_code: Builds target-specific native engine binaries.
-source "${REPO_ROOT}/build-support/bin/native/bootstrap.sh"
-
-readonly native_engine_version=$(get_native_engine_version)
-readonly cached_bin_path="${NATIVE_ENGINE_CACHE_TARGET_DIR}/${native_engine_version}/${NATIVE_ENGINE_BINARY}"
-
-readonly s3_upload_root="${REPO_ROOT}/build-support/bin/native/s3-upload"
-readonly s3_native_engine_dir="${s3_upload_root}/bin/native-engine"
-
-function prepare_chroot() {
-  rm -rf "${s3_upload_root}"
-  mkdir -p "$(dirname ${s3_native_engine_dir})"
-  cp -vpr "${NATIVE_ENGINE_CACHE_DIR}" "${s3_native_engine_dir}"
-}
-
-function prepare_osx_versions() {
-  for os_id in $(get_rust_osx_ids)
-  do
-    if [ "${OS_ID}" != "${os_id}" ]
-    then
-      local target="${s3_native_engine_dir}/${os_id}/${native_engine_version}/${NATIVE_ENGINE_BINARY}"
-      mkdir -p "$(dirname ${target})"
-      cp -vp "${cached_bin_path}" "${target}"
-    fi
-  done
-}
-
-# Sanity check the locally built native engine binary exists in the first place.
-ensure_file_exists "${cached_bin_path}"
-
-# Prepare a chroot for s3 deploy of the binary(ies).
-prepare_chroot
-
-# Maybe add copies of the mac native engine binary for the other supported OSX versions.
-if [ "${OS_NAME}" == "mac" ]
-then
-  prepare_osx_versions
-fi
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/build-support/bin/native/utils.sh b/build-support/bin/native/utils.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index 805897699a82..000000000000
--- a/build-support/bin/native/utils.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,62 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-# Defines:
-# + RUST_OSX_MIN_VERSION: The minimum minor version of OSX supported by Rust; eg 7 for OSX 10.7.
-# + OSX_MAX_VERSION: The current latest OSX minor version; eg 12 for OSX Sierra 10.12.
-# + LIB_EXTENSION: The extension of native libraries.
-# + KERNEL: The lower-cased name of the kernel as reported by uname.
-# + OS_NAME: The name of the OS as seen by pants.
-# + OS_ID: The ID of the current OS as seen by pants.
-# Exposes:
-# + get_native_engine_version: Echoes the current native engine version.
-# + get_rust_osx_versions: Produces the osx minor versions supported by Rust one per line.
-# + get_rust_osx_ids: Produces the BinaryUtil osx os id paths supported by rust, one per line.
-# + get_rust_os_ids: Produces the BinaryUtil os id paths supported by rust, one per line.
-
-REPO_ROOT=$(cd $(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}") && cd ../../.. && pwd -P)
-
-function get_native_engine_version() {
-  ${REPO_ROOT}/pants options --scope=GLOBAL --name=native-engine-version --output-format=json | \
-    python -c 'import json, sys; print(json.load(sys.stdin)["native_engine_version"]["value"])'
-}
-
-# Rust targets OSX 10.7+ as noted here: https://doc.rust-lang.org/book/getting-started.html#tier-1
-readonly RUST_OSX_MIN_VERSION=7
-
-# Bump this when there is a new OSX released:
-readonly OSX_MAX_VERSION=13
-
-function get_rust_osx_versions() {
-  seq ${RUST_OSX_MIN_VERSION} ${OSX_MAX_VERSION}
-}
-
-function get_rust_osx_ids() {
-  for rev in $(get_rust_osx_versions)
-  do
-    echo "mac/10.${rev}"
-  done
-}
-
-function get_rust_os_ids() {
-  echo "linux/x86_64"
-  get_rust_osx_ids
-}
-
-# TODO(John Sirois): Eliminate this replication of BinaryUtil logic internal to pants code when
-# https://github.com/pantsbuild/pants/issues/4006 is complete.
-readonly KERNEL=$(uname -s | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')
-case "${KERNEL}" in
-  linux)
-    readonly LIB_EXTENSION=so
-    readonly OS_NAME=linux
-    readonly OS_ID=${OS_NAME}/$(uname -m)
-    ;;
-  darwin)
-    readonly LIB_EXTENSION=dylib
-    readonly OS_NAME=mac
-    readonly OS_ID=${OS_NAME}/$(sw_vers -productVersion | cut -d: -f2 | tr -d ' \t' | cut -d. -f1-2)
-    ;;
-  *)
-    die "Unknown kernel ${KERNEL}, cannot bootstrap pants native code!"
-    ;;
-esac
diff --git a/build-support/bin/pre-commit.sh b/build-support/bin/pre-commit.sh
index ded37ff11dd1..daed8ed415da 100755
--- a/build-support/bin/pre-commit.sh
+++ b/build-support/bin/pre-commit.sh
@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@ then
     export GIT_HOOK=1
 fi
 
-# N.B. This check needs to happen first, before any inadvertent bootstrapping can take place.
-echo -n "* Checking native_engine_version: " && ./build-support/bin/check_native_engine_version.sh || exit 1
 echo "* Checking packages" && ./build-support/bin/check_packages.sh || exit 1
 echo "* Checking headers" && ./build-support/bin/check_header.sh || exit 1
 echo "* Checking for banned imports" && ./build-support/bin/check_banned_imports.sh || exit 1
diff --git a/build-support/bin/release.sh b/build-support/bin/release.sh
index 268569aea4aa..84f5d9a5b664 100755
--- a/build-support/bin/release.sh
+++ b/build-support/bin/release.sh
@@ -9,8 +9,37 @@ PY=$(which python2.7)
 [[ -n "${PY}" ]] || die "You must have python2.7 installed and on the path to release."
 export PY
 
+function run_local_pants() {
+  ${ROOT}/pants "$@"
+}
+
+function local_version() {
+  run_local_pants --version 2>/dev/null
+}
+
+readonly  DEPLOY_DIR="${ROOT}/dist/deploy"
+readonly  DEPLOY_WHEELS_PATH="wheels/pantsbuild.pants/$(local_version)"
+readonly  DEPLOY_WHEEL_DIR="${DEPLOY_DIR}/${DEPLOY_WHEELS_PATH}"
+
 source ${ROOT}/contrib/release_packages.sh
 
+function find_pkg() {
+  local readonly pkg_name=$1
+  find "${ROOT}/dist/${pkg_name}-$(local_version)/dist" \
+    -type f \
+    -name "${pkg_name}-$(local_version)-*.whl"
+}
+
+function find_plat_name() {
+  # See: https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0425/#id13
+  "${PY}" << EOF
+from __future__ import print_function
+from distutils.util import get_platform
+
+print(get_platform().replace('-', '_').replace('.', '_'))
+EOF
+}
+
 #
 # List of packages to be released
 #
@@ -18,8 +47,9 @@ source ${ROOT}/contrib/release_packages.sh
 #
 # PKG_<NAME>=(
 #   "package.name"
-#   "build.target"
+#   "//a/build:target"
 #   "pkg_<name>_install_test"
+#   "bdist_wheel flags" # NB: this entry is optional.
 # )
 # function pkg_<name>_install_test() {
 #   ...
@@ -29,10 +59,11 @@ PKG_PANTS=(
   "pantsbuild.pants"
   "//src/python/pants:pants-packaged"
   "pkg_pants_install_test"
+  "--python-tag cp27 --plat-name=$(find_plat_name)"
 )
 function pkg_pants_install_test() {
   PIP_ARGS="$@"
-  pip install ${PIP_ARGS} "${ROOT}/dist/pantsbuild.pants-$(local_version).tar.gz" || \
+  pip install ${PIP_ARGS} "$(find_pkg pantsbuild.pants)" || \
     die "pip install of pantsbuild.pants failed!"
   execute_packaged_pants_with_internal_backends list src:: || \
     die "'pants list src::' failed in venv!"
@@ -47,7 +78,7 @@ PKG_PANTS_TESTINFRA=(
 )
 function pkg_pants_testinfra_install_test() {
   PIP_ARGS="$@"
-  pip install ${PIP_ARGS} "${ROOT}/dist/pantsbuild.pants.testinfra-$(local_version).tar.gz" && \
+  pip install ${PIP_ARGS} "$(find_pkg pantsbuild.pants.testinfra)" && \
   python -c "import pants_test"
 }
 
@@ -61,10 +92,6 @@ RELEASE_PACKAGES=(
 # End of package declarations.
 #
 
-function run_local_pants() {
-  ${ROOT}/pants "$@"
-}
-
 # When we do (dry-run) testing, we need to run the packaged pants.
 # It doesn't have internal backend plugins so when we execute it
 # at the repo build root, the root pants.ini will ask it to load
@@ -74,7 +101,8 @@ function run_local_pants() {
 function execute_packaged_pants_with_internal_backends() {
   pip install --ignore-installed \
     -r pants-plugins/3rdparty/python/requirements.txt &> /dev/null && \
-  PANTS_PYTHON_REPOS_REPOS="['${ROOT}/dist']" pants \
+  pants \
+    --python-repos-repos="${DEPLOY_WHEEL_DIR}" \
     --no-verify-config \
     --pythonpath="['pants-plugins/src/python']" \
     --backend-packages="[\
@@ -109,35 +137,33 @@ function pkg_install_test_func() {
   echo ${INSTALL_TEST_FUNC}
 }
 
-function local_version() {
-  run_local_pants --version 2>/dev/null
+function bdist_wheel_flags() {
+  PACKAGE=$1
+  eval BDIST_WHEEL_FLAGS=\${$PACKAGE[3]}
+    echo ${BDIST_WHEEL_FLAGS}
 }
 
 function build_packages() {
+  rm -rf "${DEPLOY_WHEEL_DIR}"
+  mkdir -p "${DEPLOY_WHEEL_DIR}"
+
   for PACKAGE in "${RELEASE_PACKAGES[@]}"
   do
     NAME=$(pkg_name $PACKAGE)
     BUILD_TARGET=$(pkg_build_target $PACKAGE)
+    BDIST_WHEEL_FLAGS=$(bdist_wheel_flags $PACKAGE)
 
     start_travis_section "${NAME}" "Building package ${NAME}-$(local_version) with target '${BUILD_TARGET}'"
-    run_local_pants setup-py --recursive ${BUILD_TARGET} || \
+    run_local_pants setup-py \
+      --run="bdist_wheel ${BDIST_WHEEL_FLAGS:---python-tag py27}" \
+        ${BUILD_TARGET} || \
       die "Failed to build package ${NAME}-$(local_version) with target '${BUILD_TARGET}'!"
+    wheel=$(find_pkg ${NAME})
+    cp -p "${wheel}" "${DEPLOY_WHEEL_DIR}/$(basename ${wheel})"
     end_travis_section
   done
 }
 
-function publish_packages() {
-  targets=()
-  for PACKAGE in "${RELEASE_PACKAGES[@]}"
-  do
-    targets+=($(pkg_build_target $PACKAGE))
-  done
-  start_travis_section "Publishing" "Publishing packages"
-  run_local_pants setup-py --run="sdist upload --sign --identity=$(get_pgp_keyid)" \
-    --recursive ${targets[@]} || die "Failed to publish packages!"
-  end_travis_section
-}
-
 function pre_install() {
   start_travis_section "SetupVenv" "Setting up virtualenv"
   VENV_DIR=$(mktemp -d -t pants.XXXXX) && \
@@ -198,7 +224,7 @@ function install_and_test_packages() {
 
 function dry_run_install() {
   build_packages && \
-  install_and_test_packages --find-links=file://${ROOT}/dist
+  install_and_test_packages --find-links="${DEPLOY_WHEEL_DIR}"
 }
 
 ALLOWED_ORIGIN_URLS=(
@@ -281,7 +307,7 @@ EOM
 )
     die "${msg}"
   fi
-  ${PY} << EOF || die
+  "${PY}" << EOF || die
 from __future__ import print_function
 
 import os
@@ -422,55 +448,42 @@ EOM
   fi
 }
 
-# Indirectly defines:
-# + RUST_OSX_MIN_VERSION: The minimum minor version of OSX supported by Rust; eg 7 for OSX 10.7.
-# + OSX_MAX_VERSION: The current latest OSX minor version; eg 12 for OSX Sierra 10.12.
-# + LIB_EXTENSION: The extension of native libraries.
-# + KERNEL: The lower-cased name of the kernel as reported by uname.
-# + OS_NAME: The name of the OS as seen by pants.
-# + OS_ID: The ID of the current OS as seen by pants.
-# Indirectly exposes:
-# + get_native_engine_version: Echoes the current native engine version.
-# + get_rust_osx_versions: Produces the osx minor versions supported by Rust one per line.
-# + get_rust_osx_ids: Produces the BinaryUtil osx os id paths supported by rust, one per line.
-# + get_rust_os_ids: Produces the BinaryUtil os id paths supported by rust, one per line.
-# Defines:
-# + CACHE_ROOT: The pants cache root dir.
-# + NATIVE_ENGINE_CACHE_DIR: The native engine binary root cache directory.
-# + NATIVE_ENGINE_CACHE_TARGET_DIR: The directory containing all versions of the native engine for
-#                                   the current OS.
-# + NATIVE_ENGINE_BINARY: The basename of the native engine binary for the current OS.
-# + NATIVE_ENGINE_VERSION_RESOURCE: The path of the resource file containing the native engine
-#                                   version hash.
-# Exposes:
-# + calculate_current_hash: Calculates the current native engine version hash and echoes it to
-#                           stdout.
-# + bootstrap_native_code: Builds target-specific native engine binaries.
-source ${ROOT}/build-support/bin/native/bootstrap.sh
-
 readonly BINARY_BASE_URL=https://binaries.pantsbuild.org
-readonly NATIVE_ENGINE_BASE_URL=${BINARY_BASE_URL}/bin/native-engine
 
-function check_native_engine() {
-  local readonly native_engine_version=${NATIVE_ENGINE_VERSION:-$(get_native_engine_version)}
-  banner "Checking for native engine release version ${native_engine_version}"
+function list_prebuilt_wheels() {
+  wheel_listing="$(mktemp -t pants.wheels.XXXXX)"
+  curl -sSL "${BINARY_BASE_URL}/?prefix=${DEPLOY_WHEELS_PATH}" > "${wheel_listing}"
+  "${PY}" << EOF
+from __future__ import print_function
+import sys
+import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET
+root = ET.parse("${wheel_listing}")
+ns = {'s3': 'http://s3.amazonaws.com/doc/2006-03-01/'}
+for key in root.findall('s3:Contents/s3:Key', ns):
+  print(key.text)
+EOF
+}
 
-  local readonly headers=$(mktemp -t pants-release.XXXXXX)
-  local result=0
-  for os_id in $(get_rust_os_ids)
-  do
-    local url=${NATIVE_ENGINE_BASE_URL}/${os_id}/${native_engine_version}/${NATIVE_ENGINE_BINARY}
-    echo -n "  for ${os_id} -> ${url}... "
-    curl --progress-bar --fail --head ${url} &> ${headers} && echo OK || {
-      result=$(( ${result} + 1 )) && echo FAILURE && cat ${headers} && echo
-    }
-  done
-  rm -f ${headers}
+function check_prebuilt_wheels() {
+  banner "Checking for prebuilt wheels for $(local_version)"
 
-  if (( ${result} != 0 ))
-  then
-    die "Failed to find ${result} releases of native engine version ${native_engine_version}"
-  fi
+  # TODO(John Sirois): FINISH ME
+  # 1. Use list_prebuilt_wheels to fetch all prebuilt wheels to a dir
+  # 2. Verify we have 1 or more wheels for each RELEASE_PACKAGES
+  exit 1
+}
+
+function publish_packages() {
+  rm -rf "${DEPLOY_WHEEL_DIR}"
+  mkdir -p "${DEPLOY_WHEEL_DIR}"
+
+  start_travis_section "Publishing" "Publishing packages"
+
+  check_prebuilt_wheels
+
+  # TODO(John Sirois): FINISH ME: Setup a twine venv and for each wheel `twine upload --sign`
+
+  end_travis_section
 }
 
 function usage() {
@@ -490,7 +503,7 @@ function usage() {
   echo "       and can be installed in an ephemeral virtualenv."
   echo " -l  Lists all pantsbuild packages that this script releases."
   echo " -o  Lists all pantsbuild package owners."
-  echo " -e  Check that native engine binaries are deployed for this release."
+  echo " -e  Check that wheels are prebuilt for this release."
   echo
   echo "All options (except for '-d') are mutually exclusive."
 
@@ -509,7 +522,7 @@ while getopts "hdntloe" opt; do
     t) test_release="true" ;;
     l) list_packages && exit 0 ;;
     o) list_owners && exit 0 ;;
-    e) check_native_engine && exit 0 ;;
+    e) check_prebuilt_wheels && exit 0 ;;
     *) usage "Invalid option: -${OPTARG}" ;;
   esac
 done
@@ -536,8 +549,8 @@ elif [[ "${test_release}" == "true" ]]; then
 else
   banner "Releasing packages to PyPi" && \
   (
-    check_origin && check_clean_branch && check_pgp && check_native_engine && check_owners && \
-      dry_run_install && publish_packages && tag_release && publish_docs_if_master && \
+    check_origin && check_clean_branch && check_pgp && check_owners && \
+      publish_packages && tag_release && publish_docs_if_master && \
       banner "Successfully released packages to PyPi"
   ) || die "Failed to release packages to PyPi."
 fi
diff --git a/build-support/docker/travis_ci/Dockerfile b/build-support/docker/travis_ci/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..aef13dcbbee1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build-support/docker/travis_ci/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+# Copyright 2017 Pants project contributors (see CONTRIBUTORS.md).
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (see LICENSE).
+
+# Use the standard python-2.7 docker Debian Wheezy image for binary compatibility with old linux
+# distros.
+FROM python:2.7.13-wheezy
+
+# Ensure Pants runs under the 2.7.13 interpreter.
+ENV PANTS_PYTHON_SETUP_INTERPRETER_CONSTRAINTS="['CPython==2.7.13']"
+
+# Install various things Pants requires.
+RUN echo "deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/webupd8team/java/ubuntu trusty main" > \
+      /etc/apt/sources.list.d/java-8-debian.list && \
+    echo "deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/webupd8team/java/ubuntu trusty main" >> \
+      /etc/apt/sources.list.d/java-8-debian.list && \
+    apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys EEA14886 && \
+    echo debconf shared/accepted-oracle-license-v1-1 select true | debconf-set-selections && \
+    echo debconf shared/accepted-oracle-license-v1-1 seen true | debconf-set-selections && \
+    apt-get update && \
+    DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y \
+      cmake \
+      oracle-java8-installer
+
+# Setup a mount point for the travis ci workdir.
+VOLUME /workdir
+
+# Setup a non-root user to execute the build under (avoids problems with npm install).
+ARG TRAVIS_USER=travis_ci
+ARG TRAVIS_UID=1000
+ARG TRAVIS_GROUP=root
+ARG TRAVIS_GID=0
+
+RUN groupadd --gid ${TRAVIS_GID} ${TRAVIS_GROUP}
+RUN useradd -d /workdir -g ${TRAVIS_GROUP} --uid ${TRAVIS_UID} ${TRAVIS_USER}
+USER ${TRAVIS_USER}:${TRAVIS_GROUP}
+
+WORKDIR /workdir
diff --git a/src/python/pants/engine/.gitignore b/src/python/pants/engine/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f5ae7ccc8435
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/python/pants/engine/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+/native_engine.so
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/python/pants/engine/BUILD b/src/python/pants/engine/BUILD
index ad434ec8b76e..342e35ae0258 100644
--- a/src/python/pants/engine/BUILD
+++ b/src/python/pants/engine/BUILD
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ python_library(
   name='native',
   sources=['native.py'],
   dependencies=[
-    ':native_engine_version',
+    ':native_engine_shared_library',
     '3rdparty/python:cffi',
     '3rdparty/python:setuptools',
     'src/python/pants/binaries:binary_util',
@@ -191,6 +191,6 @@ python_library(
 )
 
 resources(
-  name='native_engine_version',
-  sources=['native_engine_version']
+  name='native_engine_shared_library',
+  sources=['native_engine.so']
 )
diff --git a/src/python/pants/engine/native.py b/src/python/pants/engine/native.py
index 2536a2e7e944..9a3468d97960 100644
--- a/src/python/pants/engine/native.py
+++ b/src/python/pants/engine/native.py
@@ -12,12 +12,13 @@
 import sysconfig
 import threading
 import traceback
+from contextlib import closing
 
 import cffi
+import pkg_resources
 import six
 
-from pants.binaries.binary_util import BinaryUtil
-from pants.util.dirutil import safe_mkdir, touch
+from pants.util.dirutil import safe_mkdir, safe_mkdtemp, touch
 from pants.util.memo import memoized_property
 from pants.util.objects import datatype
 
@@ -562,22 +563,12 @@ class Native(object):
   @staticmethod
   def create(options):
     """:param options: Any object that provides access to bootstrap option values."""
-    binary_util = BinaryUtil.Factory.create()
-    return Native(binary_util,
-                  options.native_engine_version,
-                  options.native_engine_supportdir,
-                  options.native_engine_visualize_to)
+    return Native(options.native_engine_visualize_to)
 
-  def __init__(self, binary_util, version, supportdir, visualize_to_dir):
+  def __init__(self, visualize_to_dir):
     """
-    :param binary_util: The BinaryUtil subsystem instance for binary retrieval.
-    :param version: The binary version of the native engine.
-    :param supportdir: The supportdir for the native engine.
     :param visualize_to_dir: An existing directory (or None) to visualize executions to.
     """
-    self._binary_util = binary_util
-    self._version = version
-    self._supportdir = supportdir
     self._visualize_to_dir = visualize_to_dir
 
   @property
@@ -587,9 +578,12 @@ def visualize_to_dir(self):
   @memoized_property
   def binary(self):
     """Load and return the path to the native engine binary."""
-    return self._binary_util.select_binary(self._supportdir,
-                                           self._version,
-                                           '{}.so'.format(NATIVE_ENGINE_MODULE))
+    lib_name = '{}.so'.format(NATIVE_ENGINE_MODULE)
+    lib_path = os.path.join(safe_mkdtemp(), lib_name)
+    with closing(pkg_resources.resource_stream(__name__, lib_name)) as input_fp:
+      with open(lib_path, 'wb') as output_fp:
+        output_fp.write(input_fp.read())
+    return lib_path
 
   @memoized_property
   def lib(self):
diff --git a/src/python/pants/engine/native_engine_version b/src/python/pants/engine/native_engine_version
deleted file mode 100644
index b6461610443a..000000000000
--- a/src/python/pants/engine/native_engine_version
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-647a1da5e0d1b5584e216c6ba52305cfd211f507
diff --git a/src/python/pants/option/global_options.py b/src/python/pants/option/global_options.py
index 148ff464bc1e..8d12040a2f0f 100644
--- a/src/python/pants/option/global_options.py
+++ b/src/python/pants/option/global_options.py
@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@
 import os
 import sys
 
-import pkg_resources
-
 from pants.base.build_environment import (get_buildroot, get_default_pants_config_file,
                                           get_pants_cachedir, get_pants_configdir, pants_version)
 from pants.option.arg_splitter import GLOBAL_SCOPE
@@ -135,12 +133,6 @@ def register_bootstrap_options(cls, register):
              help='Enables use of the v2 engine.')
 
     # These facilitate configuring the native engine.
-    register('--native-engine-version', advanced=True,
-             default=pkg_resources.resource_string('pants.engine', 'native_engine_version').strip(),
-             help='Native engine version.')
-    register('--native-engine-supportdir', advanced=True, default='bin/native-engine',
-             help='Find native engine binaries under this dir. Used as part of the path to '
-                  'lookup the binary with --binary-util-baseurls and --pants-bootstrapdir.')
     register('--native-engine-visualize-to', advanced=True, default=None, type=dir_option,
              help='A directory to write execution and rule graphs to as `dot` files. The contents '
                   'of the directory will be overwritten if any filenames collide.')