diff --git a/docs/development.md b/docs/development.md
index 92946eb5eb..40997b3021 100644
--- a/docs/development.md
+++ b/docs/development.md
@@ -95,8 +95,7 @@ pip3 install virtualenv
 virtualenv --python=python3 .env 
 source .env/bin/activate
 pip3 install -r requirements.txt --require-hashes
-pip3 install -e .
-python3 setup.py install # also compiles the babel translation-files
+pip3 install -e . # this does not compile the babel translation-files
 ```
 
 _note: invoking commands in the Windows PowerShell is slightly different:_
diff --git a/utils/test-all-linux.sh b/utils/test-all-linux.sh
index b1f18e9bbb..704cd86800 100755
--- a/utils/test-all-linux.sh
+++ b/utils/test-all-linux.sh
@@ -4,9 +4,11 @@
 pip3 install virtualenv
 virtualenv --python=python3 .env
 source .env/bin/activate
+# removing modules related to cryptoadvance is faster than doing rm -rf .env
+pip3 freeze | grep ^cryptoadvance | xargs pip uninstall -y   # the ^ means the line has to start with the search word
+pip3 freeze | grep ^specterext | xargs pip uninstall -y    # the ^ means the line has to start with the search word
 pip3 install -r requirements.txt --require-hashes
-pip3 install -e .
-python3 setup.py install # also compiles the babel translation-files
+pip3 install -e . # this does not compile the babel translation-files
 
 
 pip3 install -r test_requirements.txt