diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 16d7224..2905be4 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -18,9 +18,7 @@
           name: install pip
           command: |
             sudo apt-get update -q
-            sudo apt-get install -q -y python-pip python3-pip
-      - run: python2 -m pip install --upgrade pip
-      - run: python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip
+            sudo apt-get install -q -y python-pip
       - run: python2 -m pip install flake8==3.7.8
       - run: python3 -m pip install flake8==3.7.8
       - run: python2 -m flake8 --show-source --statistics
@@ -173,15 +171,12 @@
       - run: curl -fsSL https://bazel.build/bazel-release.pub.gpg | gpg --dearmor > bazel.gpg
       - run: sudo mv bazel.gpg /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/
       - run: echo "deb [arch=amd64] https://storage.googleapis.com/bazel-apt stable jdk1.8" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/bazel.list
-      - run:
-          name: install pip
-          command: sudo apt-get install -q -y python3-pip
       - run: pip3 install absl-py
       - run:
           name: install bazel
           command: |
-            sudo apt-get install -q -y bazel
             sudo apt-get update -q
+            sudo apt-get install -q -y bazel
       - run: scripts/test_bazel.sh
 
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