diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 664a0a0..d949756 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -17,13 +17,11 @@ jobs:
       - run: sudo apt-get update -y
       - run: sudo apt-get install -y python3-pip openmpi-common libopenmpi-dev liblapack-dev libopenblas-dev libhdf5-dev 
       
-      - run: sudo ln -s /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/numpy/core/include/numpy/ /usr/include/numpy
-
-      - run: sudo python3 -m pip install -r pip-requirements.txt pytest-html coveralls pyyaml mpi4py pydocstyle pycodestyle flake8
+      - run: python3 -m pip install --user -r pip-requirements.txt pytest-html coveralls pyyaml mpi4py pydocstyle pycodestyle flake8
 
       - run: mkdir -p test-reports
 
-      - run: sudo python3 -m pip install -e .
+      - run: python3 -m pip install --user -e .
       - run: for i in examples/test*.py; do python3 $i --help; done
       
       - run: coverage3 run --parallel-mode setup.py test