diff --git a/conda/meta.yaml b/conda/meta.yaml
index d109cd4fa4094e19c2070d4a9310526a3baaec09..0bd0aac83cde4ad1f7a5b1c07a71d009754f5d3c 100644
--- a/conda/meta.yaml
+++ b/conda/meta.yaml
@@ -12,14 +12,15 @@ 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.io.base
     - bob.io.image