diff --git a/src/cache-distributions/cache-distributor.ts b/src/cache-distributions/cache-distributor.ts
index 211946fbb..efc9eee4e 100644
--- a/src/cache-distributions/cache-distributor.ts
+++ b/src/cache-distributions/cache-distributor.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import * as cache from '@actions/cache';
 import * as core from '@actions/core';
-import {CACHE_DEPENDENCY_BACKUP_PATH} from './constants';
 
 export enum State {
   STATE_CACHE_PRIMARY_KEY = 'cache-primary-key',
@@ -10,27 +9,20 @@ export enum State {
 
 abstract class CacheDistributor {
   protected CACHE_KEY_PREFIX = 'setup-python';
-  constructor(
-    protected packageManager: string,
-    protected cacheDependencyPath: string
-  ) {}
+  protected abstract readonly packageManager: string;
 
   protected abstract getCacheGlobalDirectories(): Promise<string[]>;
   protected abstract computeKeys(): Promise<{
     primaryKey: string;
     restoreKey: string[] | undefined;
+    cacheDependencyPath: string;
   }>;
   protected async handleLoadedCache() {}
 
   public async restoreCache() {
-    const {primaryKey, restoreKey} = await this.computeKeys();
+    const {primaryKey, restoreKey, cacheDependencyPath} = await this.computeKeys();
     if (primaryKey.endsWith('-')) {
-      const file =
-        this.packageManager === 'pip'
-          ? `${this.cacheDependencyPath
-              .split('\n')
-              .join(',')} or ${CACHE_DEPENDENCY_BACKUP_PATH}`
-          : this.cacheDependencyPath.split('\n').join(',');
+      const file = cacheDependencyPath.split('\n').join(',');
       throw new Error(
         `No file in ${process.cwd()} matched to [${file}], make sure you have checked out the target repository`
       );
diff --git a/src/cache-distributions/constants.ts b/src/cache-distributions/constants.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 08dc74507..000000000
--- a/src/cache-distributions/constants.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-export const CACHE_DEPENDENCY_BACKUP_PATH = '**/pyproject.toml';
diff --git a/src/cache-distributions/pip-cache.ts b/src/cache-distributions/pip-cache.ts
index d64ae931d..16450c671 100644
--- a/src/cache-distributions/pip-cache.ts
+++ b/src/cache-distributions/pip-cache.ts
@@ -8,16 +8,16 @@ import os from 'os';
 
 import CacheDistributor from './cache-distributor';
 import {getLinuxInfo, IS_LINUX, IS_WINDOWS} from '../utils';
-import {CACHE_DEPENDENCY_BACKUP_PATH} from './constants';
 
 class PipCache extends CacheDistributor {
-  private cacheDependencyBackupPath: string = CACHE_DEPENDENCY_BACKUP_PATH;
+  private cacheDependencyBackupPath = '**/pyproject.toml';
+  protected readonly packageManager = 'pip';
 
   constructor(
     private pythonVersion: string,
-    cacheDependencyPath = '**/requirements.txt'
+    protected readonly cacheDependencyPath = '**/requirements.txt'
   ) {
-    super('pip', cacheDependencyPath);
+    super();
   }
 
   protected async getCacheGlobalDirectories() {
@@ -59,9 +59,12 @@ class PipCache extends CacheDistributor {
   }
 
   protected async computeKeys() {
-    const hash =
-      (await glob.hashFiles(this.cacheDependencyPath)) ||
-      (await glob.hashFiles(this.cacheDependencyBackupPath));
+    let cacheDependencyPath = this.cacheDependencyPath;
+    let hash = await glob.hashFiles(this.cacheDependencyPath);
+    if(!hash) {
+      hash = await glob.hashFiles(this.cacheDependencyBackupPath);
+      cacheDependencyPath = this.cacheDependencyBackupPath;
+    }
     let primaryKey = '';
     let restoreKey = '';
 
@@ -76,7 +79,8 @@ class PipCache extends CacheDistributor {
 
     return {
       primaryKey,
-      restoreKey: [restoreKey]
+      restoreKey: [restoreKey],
+      cacheDependencyPath,
     };
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/cache-distributions/pipenv-cache.ts b/src/cache-distributions/pipenv-cache.ts
index 8ddcbed86..66627caf5 100644
--- a/src/cache-distributions/pipenv-cache.ts
+++ b/src/cache-distributions/pipenv-cache.ts
@@ -6,11 +6,13 @@ import * as core from '@actions/core';
 import CacheDistributor from './cache-distributor';
 
 class PipenvCache extends CacheDistributor {
+  protected readonly packageManager = 'pipenv';
+
   constructor(
     private pythonVersion: string,
-    protected patterns: string = '**/Pipfile.lock'
+    protected readonly cacheDependencyPath: string = '**/Pipfile.lock'
   ) {
-    super('pipenv', patterns);
+    super();
   }
 
   protected async getCacheGlobalDirectories() {
@@ -31,12 +33,13 @@ class PipenvCache extends CacheDistributor {
   }
 
   protected async computeKeys() {
-    const hash = await glob.hashFiles(this.patterns);
+    const hash = await glob.hashFiles(this.cacheDependencyPath);
     const primaryKey = `${this.CACHE_KEY_PREFIX}-${process.env['RUNNER_OS']}-${process.arch}-python-${this.pythonVersion}-${this.packageManager}-${hash}`;
     const restoreKey = undefined;
     return {
       primaryKey,
-      restoreKey
+      restoreKey,
+      cacheDependencyPath: this.cacheDependencyPath,
     };
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/cache-distributions/poetry-cache.ts b/src/cache-distributions/poetry-cache.ts
index cd3a189b2..b8b83a254 100644
--- a/src/cache-distributions/poetry-cache.ts
+++ b/src/cache-distributions/poetry-cache.ts
@@ -8,18 +8,21 @@ import CacheDistributor from './cache-distributor';
 import {logWarning} from '../utils';
 
 class PoetryCache extends CacheDistributor {
+  protected readonly packageManager = 'poetry';
+
+
   constructor(
     private pythonVersion: string,
-    protected patterns: string = '**/poetry.lock',
+    protected readonly cacheDependencyPath: string = '**/poetry.lock',
     protected poetryProjects: Set<string> = new Set<string>()
   ) {
-    super('poetry', patterns);
+    super();
   }
 
   protected async getCacheGlobalDirectories() {
     // Same virtualenvs path may appear for different projects, hence we use a Set
     const paths = new Set<string>();
-    const globber = await glob.create(this.patterns);
+    const globber = await glob.create(this.cacheDependencyPath);
 
     for await (const file of globber.globGenerator()) {
       const basedir = path.dirname(file);
@@ -45,13 +48,14 @@ class PoetryCache extends CacheDistributor {
   }
 
   protected async computeKeys() {
-    const hash = await glob.hashFiles(this.patterns);
+    const hash = await glob.hashFiles(this.cacheDependencyPath);
     // "v2" is here to invalidate old caches of this cache distributor, which were created broken:
     const primaryKey = `${this.CACHE_KEY_PREFIX}-${process.env['RUNNER_OS']}-${process.arch}-python-${this.pythonVersion}-${this.packageManager}-v2-${hash}`;
     const restoreKey = undefined;
     return {
       primaryKey,
-      restoreKey
+      restoreKey,
+      cacheDependencyPath: this.cacheDependencyPath,
     };
   }