diff --git a/ci_scripts/install.sh b/ci_scripts/install.sh
index b9ae5fc361..ed1e959bfd 100644
--- a/ci_scripts/install.sh
+++ b/ci_scripts/install.sh
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ conda create -n testenv --yes python=$PYTHON_VERSION pip nose
 source activate testenv
 
 # Install requirements in correct order
-pip install -r requirements.txt
+cat requirements.txt | xargs -n 1 -L 1 pip install
 
 if [[ "$COVERAGE" == "true" ]]; then
     pip install coverage coveralls
diff --git a/doc/index.rst b/doc/index.rst
index 2c4eb28878..9745252457 100644
--- a/doc/index.rst
+++ b/doc/index.rst
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ Please install all dependencies manually with:
 
 .. code:: bash
 
-    pip install -r https://raw.githubusercontent.com/automl/auto-sklearn/master/requirements.txt
+    cat https://raw.githubusercontent.com/automl/auto-sklearn/master/requirements.txt | xargs -n 1 -L 1 pip install
 
 Then install *auto-sklearn*