diff --git a/Pipfile b/Pipfile
index 1b54e23157b91daefd2c4dfe97851fd0f8aa0fb0..5dfb204d52fcf2a8ebbd6fb2932c9ee7c01f21b0 100644
--- a/Pipfile
+++ b/Pipfile
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ aiohttp = "*"
 aiopg = "*"
 psycopg2-binary = "*"
 diff-match-patch = "*"
-tox = "*"
 
 [dev-packages]
 
@@ -30,6 +29,7 @@ pytest-asyncio = "*"
 pytest-console-scripts = "*"
 yapf = "*"
 autopep8 = "*"
+tox = "*"
 
 [requires]
 python_version = "3.6"
diff --git a/scripts/ci_start_api_smoketest.sh b/scripts/ci_start_api_smoketest.sh
index 0735094d8a337c5a80426618a65afcad57d5953e..ac09879070c8b83fc05dc4d6347f999a6d5a3826 100755
--- a/scripts/ci_start_api_smoketest.sh
+++ b/scripts/ci_start_api_smoketest.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash 
 
 set -e
+pip3 install tox --user
 
 export HIVEMIND_ADDRESS=$1
 export HIVEMIND_PORT=$2
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 8648f56d3199f65c0d7e4517da1006b4c6f20224..7978d8cacb82e53445867e1420b7eb9823d6401d 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -85,7 +85,6 @@ setup(
         'configargparse',
         'pdoc',
         'diff-match-patch',
-        'tox'
     ],
     entry_points={
         'console_scripts': [