diff --git a/ci/install_travis.sh b/ci/install_travis.sh
index 8cf70e47a4b8f..6946d7dd11870 100755
--- a/ci/install_travis.sh
+++ b/ci/install_travis.sh
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ elif [ "$CONDA_BUILD_TEST" ]; then
     conda build ./conda.recipe --numpy 1.13 --python 3.5 -q --no-test
 
     echo "[installing]"
-    conda install $(conda build ./conda.recipe --numpy 1.13 --python 3.5 --output) --quiet --use-local
+    conda install pandas --use-local
 
 else