diff --git a/ci/build_wheel.sh b/ci/build_wheel.sh
index 30a1c98c106..9de1750de81 100755
--- a/ci/build_wheel.sh
+++ b/ci/build_wheel.sh
@@ -54,12 +54,12 @@ cd "${package_dir}"
 
 python -m pip wheel . -w dist -vvv --no-deps --disable-pip-version-check
 
-# pure-python packages should not have auditwheel run on them.
+# pure-python packages should be marked as pure, and not have auditwheel run on them.
 if [[ ${package_name} == "nx-cugraph" ]] || \
    [[ ${package_name} == "cugraph-dgl" ]] || \
    [[ ${package_name} == "cugraph-pyg" ]] || \
    [[ ${package_name} == "cugraph-equivariant" ]]; then
-    RAPIDS_PY_WHEEL_NAME="${package_name}_${RAPIDS_PY_CUDA_SUFFIX}" rapids-upload-wheels-to-s3 dist
+    RAPIDS_PY_WHEEL_NAME="${package_name}_${RAPIDS_PY_CUDA_SUFFIX}" RAPIDS_PY_WHEEL_PURE="1" rapids-upload-wheels-to-s3 dist
 else
     mkdir -p final_dist
     python -m auditwheel repair -w final_dist dist/*
diff --git a/ci/test_wheel.sh b/ci/test_wheel.sh
index 8c5832e412f..158704e08d1 100755
--- a/ci/test_wheel.sh
+++ b/ci/test_wheel.sh
@@ -11,8 +11,13 @@ python_package_name=$(echo ${package_name}|sed 's/-/_/g')
 mkdir -p ./dist
 RAPIDS_PY_CUDA_SUFFIX="$(rapids-wheel-ctk-name-gen ${RAPIDS_CUDA_VERSION})"
 
+# nx-cugraph is a pure wheel, which is part of generating the download path
+if [[ "${package_name}" == "nx-cugraph" ]]; then
+    RAPIDS_PY_WHEEL_NAME="${package_name}_${RAPIDS_PY_CUDA_SUFFIX}" RAPIDS_PY_WHEEL_PURE="1" rapids-download-wheels-from-s3 ./dist
+else
+    RAPIDS_PY_WHEEL_NAME="${package_name}_${RAPIDS_PY_CUDA_SUFFIX}" rapids-download-wheels-from-s3 ./dist
+fi
 # use 'ls' to expand wildcard before adding `[extra]` requires for pip
-RAPIDS_PY_WHEEL_NAME="${package_name}_${RAPIDS_PY_CUDA_SUFFIX}" rapids-download-wheels-from-s3 ./dist
 # pip creates wheels using python package names
 python -m pip install $(ls ./dist/${python_package_name}*.whl)[test]
 
diff --git a/ci/test_wheel_cugraph-dgl.sh b/ci/test_wheel_cugraph-dgl.sh
index 367b169bd13..827ad487115 100755
--- a/ci/test_wheel_cugraph-dgl.sh
+++ b/ci/test_wheel_cugraph-dgl.sh
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ RAPIDS_PY_WHEEL_NAME="cugraph_${RAPIDS_PY_CUDA_SUFFIX}" rapids-download-wheels-f
 python -m pip install ./local-deps/*.whl
 
 # use 'ls' to expand wildcard before adding `[extra]` requires for pip
-RAPIDS_PY_WHEEL_NAME="${package_name}_${RAPIDS_PY_CUDA_SUFFIX}" rapids-download-wheels-from-s3 ./dist
+RAPIDS_PY_WHEEL_NAME="${package_name}_${RAPIDS_PY_CUDA_SUFFIX}" RAPIDS_PY_WHEEL_PURE="1" rapids-download-wheels-from-s3 ./dist
 # pip creates wheels using python package names
 python -m pip install $(ls ./dist/${python_package_name}*.whl)[test]
 
diff --git a/ci/test_wheel_cugraph-equivariant.sh b/ci/test_wheel_cugraph-equivariant.sh
index f054780b03a..cb952055f06 100755
--- a/ci/test_wheel_cugraph-equivariant.sh
+++ b/ci/test_wheel_cugraph-equivariant.sh
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ mkdir -p ./dist
 RAPIDS_PY_CUDA_SUFFIX="$(rapids-wheel-ctk-name-gen ${RAPIDS_CUDA_VERSION})"
 
 # use 'ls' to expand wildcard before adding `[extra]` requires for pip
-RAPIDS_PY_WHEEL_NAME="${package_name}_${RAPIDS_PY_CUDA_SUFFIX}" rapids-download-wheels-from-s3 ./dist
+RAPIDS_PY_WHEEL_NAME="${package_name}_${RAPIDS_PY_CUDA_SUFFIX}" RAPIDS_PY_WHEEL_PURE="1" rapids-download-wheels-from-s3 ./dist
 # pip creates wheels using python package names
 python -m pip install $(ls ./dist/${python_package_name}*.whl)[test]
 
diff --git a/ci/test_wheel_cugraph-pyg.sh b/ci/test_wheel_cugraph-pyg.sh
index 6e44e1ad958..50cbfb3e1fe 100755
--- a/ci/test_wheel_cugraph-pyg.sh
+++ b/ci/test_wheel_cugraph-pyg.sh
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ RAPIDS_PY_WHEEL_NAME="cugraph_${RAPIDS_PY_CUDA_SUFFIX}" rapids-download-wheels-f
 python -m pip install ./local-deps/*.whl
 
 # use 'ls' to expand wildcard before adding `[extra]` requires for pip
-RAPIDS_PY_WHEEL_NAME="${package_name}_${RAPIDS_PY_CUDA_SUFFIX}" rapids-download-wheels-from-s3 ./dist
+RAPIDS_PY_WHEEL_NAME="${package_name}_${RAPIDS_PY_CUDA_SUFFIX}" RAPIDS_PY_WHEEL_PURE="1" rapids-download-wheels-from-s3 ./dist
 # pip creates wheels using python package names
 python -m pip install $(ls ./dist/${python_package_name}*.whl)[test]