Desinstalar o módulo python disfuncional

Question

Eu instalei o módulo python functools via easy_install e agora não consigo desinstalá-lo.

Quando eu executo python assim

python -c 'import functools'

Eu recebi este erro

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
  File "build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/functools.py", line 72, in <module>
    root = max(roots)       # prefer __lt__ to __le__ to __gt__ to __ge__
AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'compose'

Não consigo desinstalá-lo via pip

~$ sudo pip uninstall functools
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/pip", line 5, in <module>
    from pkg_resources import load_entry_point
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 26, in <module>
    import functools
  File "build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/functools.py", line 72, in <module>
    root = max(roots)       # prefer __lt__ to __le__ to __gt__ to __ge__
AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'compose'

Não consigo executar programas como o Terminator agora

$ terminator
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/terminator", line 33, in <module>
    import gtk, pango, gobject
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/gtk-2.0/gtk/__init__.py", line 30, in <module>
    import gobject as _gobject
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/gobject/__init__.py", line 26, in <module>
    from glib import spawn_async, idle_add, timeout_add, timeout_add_seconds, \
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/glib/option.py", line 33, in <module>
    import optparse
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/optparse.py", line 90, in <module>
    from gettext import gettext
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/gettext.py", line 49, in <module>
    import locale, copy, os, re, struct, sys
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/locale.py", line 19, in <module>
    import functools
  File "build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/functools.py", line 72, in <module>
    root = max(roots)       # prefer __lt__ to __le__ to __gt__ to __ge__
AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'compose'

O que devo fazer para desinstalar o módulo functools ?