diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index f0b222d..00b1f0e 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ before_install:
 
 install:
     - python setup.py build_ext --inplace
-    - python setup.py install
 
 # commands to run tests
 script: