diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 7775141..c619787 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ before_install:
   - source $HOME/myvirtualenv/bin/activate
 
 install:
-  - [ -x requirements.txt ] && pip install -r requirements.txt
   - pip install jip==0.7
   - pip install -e .
   - jip install org.xerial:sqlite-jdbc:3.7.2
diff --git a/ci/before_install.sh b/ci/before_install.sh
index 8e544d2..de105a4 100755
--- a/ci/before_install.sh
+++ b/ci/before_install.sh
@@ -5,3 +5,5 @@ sudo apt-get update -qq
 sudo apt-get install -qq openjdk-7-jdk openjdk-7-jre
 
 [ -n "$JYTHON" ] && "${TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR}/ci/before_install_jython.sh" || "${TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR}/ci/before_install_nonjython.sh"
+
+[ -x requirements.txt ] && pip install -r requirements.txt
diff --git a/ci/simulate_travis_jython.sh b/ci/simulate_travis_jython.sh
index 783ef53..42b8070 100755
--- a/ci/simulate_travis_jython.sh
+++ b/ci/simulate_travis_jython.sh
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ $TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR/ci/before_install_jython.sh
 source $HOME/myvirtualenv/bin/activate
 
 [ -x requirements.txt ] && pip install -r requirements.txt
+
 pip install jip==0.7
 pip install -e .
 jip install org.xerial:sqlite-jdbc:3.7.2