diff --git a/modules/openstack_project/files/jenkins_job_builder/config/neutron-api.yaml b/modules/openstack_project/files/jenkins_job_builder/config/neutron-api.yaml
index c3db5aa979..71b934f7a0 100644
--- a/modules/openstack_project/files/jenkins_job_builder/config/neutron-api.yaml
+++ b/modules/openstack_project/files/jenkins_job_builder/config/neutron-api.yaml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
               # best to include tempest as an explicit test dependency
               # of neutron.
               sudo -H -u tempest tox -e api --notest
-              sudo -H -u tempest .tox/api/bin/pip install -e $BASE/new/tempest
+              sudo -H -u tempest .tox/api/bin/pip install $BASE/new/tempest
               echo "Running neutron api test suite"
               sudo -H -u tempest tox -e api
           }}