diff --git a/conda/meta.yaml b/conda/meta.yaml
index 35b02a93a4acdbd883fc71be0896ec8a9b73fee9..fd1ff44a751cc589af8bc34ffff6b531c096ce11 100644
--- a/conda/meta.yaml
+++ b/conda/meta.yaml
@@ -12,10 +12,9 @@ build:
   script:
     - cd {{ project_dir }}
     {% if environ.get('BUILD_EGG') %}
-    - python setup.py sdist --formats=zip
+    - "{{ PYTHON }} setup.py sdist --formats=zip"
     {% endif %}
-    - python setup.py install --single-version-externally-managed --record record.txt
-  skip: True  # [blas_impl == 'openblas' and win]
+    - "{{ PYTHON }} -m pip install . -vv"
 
 requirements:
   build:
@@ -27,6 +26,7 @@ requirements:
   host:
     - python {{ python }}
     - setuptools {{ setuptools }}
+    - pip {{ pip }}
     - bob.core
     - libblitz {{ libblitz }}
     - boost {{ boost }}