diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 526231d46..18bd1a842 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -22,5 +22,5 @@ install:
 script:
   - "pip install pytest"
   - if [[ "${VIA}" == "compile" ]]; then SPACY_DATA=models/en python -m pytest spacy; fi
-  - if [[ "${VIA}" == "pip" ]]; then python -m pytest --pyargs spacy; fi
-  - if [[ "${VIA}" == "sdist" ]]; then python -m pytest --pyargs spacy; fi
+  - if [[ "${VIA}" == "pypi" ]]; then python -m pytest `python -c "import pathlib; import spacy; print(pathlib.Path(spacy.__file__).parent.resolve())"`; fi
+  - if [[ "${VIA}" == "sdist" ]]; then python -m pytest `python -c "import pathlib; import spacy; print(pathlib.Path(spacy.__file__).parent.resolve())"`; fi