diff --git a/ci/before_install_jython.sh b/ci/before_install_jython.sh
index c9aef98..491d3ad 100755
--- a/ci/before_install_jython.sh
+++ b/ci/before_install_jython.sh
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ INST_DIR=$HOME/jython/jython-${JYTHON##*:}
 if [ ! -d "$INST_DIR" ]; then
     JYTHON_JAR=$(${TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR}/ci/mvnget.sh "$JYTHON")
     java -jar ${JYTHON_JAR} -s -d "$INST_DIR"
-    "$INST_DIR"/bin/pip install --upgrade pip
 fi
 pip install --upgrade virtualenv==16.5.0
 mkdir -p $HOME/bin