diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index 70b93427d5c..61512343959 100755
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -172,8 +172,7 @@ if buildAll || hasArg cudf; then
 
     cd ${REPODIR}/python/cudf
     if [[ ${INSTALL_TARGET} != "" ]]; then
-        PARALLEL_LEVEL=${PARALLEL_LEVEL} python setup.py build_ext --inplace -j${PARALLEL_LEVEL}
-        python setup.py install --single-version-externally-managed --record=record.txt
+        PARALLEL_LEVEL=${PARALLEL_LEVEL} python setup.py build_ext -j${PARALLEL_LEVEL} install --single-version-externally-managed --record=record.txt
     else
         PARALLEL_LEVEL=${PARALLEL_LEVEL} python setup.py build_ext --inplace -j${PARALLEL_LEVEL} --library-dir=${LIBCUDF_BUILD_DIR}
     fi