diff --git a/tests/complete-ci-tests b/tests/complete-ci-tests
index 3f630767..e30d990a 100755
--- a/tests/complete-ci-tests
+++ b/tests/complete-ci-tests
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ fdroid=$WORKSPACE/env/bin/fdroid $WORKSPACE/tests/run-tests $apksource
 # test install using install direct from git repo
 cd $WORKSPACE
 rm -rf $WORKSPACE/env
-pyvenv --system-site-packages $WORKSPACE/env
+pyvenv $WORKSPACE/env
 . $WORKSPACE/env/bin/activate
 pip3 install -e $WORKSPACE
 python3 setup.py install