diff --git a/conda/meta.yaml b/conda/meta.yaml
index 5fe8aeb1a7ef5b1ac5e6a0dbb7c84404f954f275..92ec78a4c9a40cd2d4096f85f81789e36538a5ba 100644
--- a/conda/meta.yaml
+++ b/conda/meta.yaml
@@ -14,14 +14,15 @@ 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
+    - "{{ PYTHON }} -m pip install . -vv"
 
 requirements:
   host:
     - python {{ python }}
     - setuptools {{ setuptools }}
+    - pip {{ pip }}
     - bob.extension
     - bob.db.base
     - bob.db.atnt