diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 8271d4e448b8598370ee2b38ec359ca6cd1333a7..5279d9e7961257cdb372535101978b263a0ae489 100755
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ build-from-ubuntu:
     - install
   script:
     - pip3 install --upgrade pip
-    - pip3 install -e .[dev]
+    - pip3 install .[dev]
     - py.test test/test_install/test_make_ubuntu.py -xv
 
 build-from-barrnap:
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ build-from-barrnap:
     - install
   script:
     - pip3 install --upgrade pip
-    - pip3 install -e .[dev]
+    - pip3 install .[dev]
     - py.test test/test_install/test_make_barrnap.py -xv
 
 build-from-prokka-quicktree:
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ build-from-prodigal:
     - install
   script:
     - pip3 install --upgrade pip
-    - pip3 install -e .[dev]
+    - pip3 install .[dev]
     - py.test test/test_install/test_make_prodigal.py -xv
 
 build-from-test-image:
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ build-from-test-image:
     - install
   script:
     - pip3 install --upgrade pip
-    - pip3 install -e .[dev]
+    - pip3 install .[dev]
     - pip install git+https://github.com/chasemc/ncbi-genome-download@4c5c24e27aa8123c7995890046b17b815da3571b 
     - py.test test/test_install/test_make_all-installed.py -xv
 
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ unit-test-ubuntu:
     - install
   before_script:
     - pip3 install --upgrade pip
-    - pip3 install -e .[dev]
+    - pip3 install .[dev]
     - pip install git+https://github.com/chasemc/ncbi-genome-download@4c5c24e27aa8123c7995890046b17b815da3571b 
     - ./make
   script:
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ func-test-ubuntu:
     - install
   before_script:
     - pip3 install --upgrade pip
-    - pip3 install -e .[dev]
+    - pip3 install .[dev]
     - pip install git+https://github.com/chasemc/ncbi-genome-download@4c5c24e27aa8123c7995890046b17b815da3571b 
     - ./make
   script: