diff --git a/.zuul.yaml b/.zuul.yaml
index c1f155144f..f725ae3caf 100644
--- a/.zuul.yaml
+++ b/.zuul.yaml
@@ -203,7 +203,9 @@
       jobs:
         - zuul-build-image
         - zuul-tox-docs
-        - tox-linters
+        - tox-linters:
+            vars:
+              tox_install_bindep: false
         - tox-py35:
             irrelevant-files:
               - zuul/cmd/migrate.py
@@ -259,7 +261,9 @@
       jobs:
         - zuul-upload-image
         - zuul-tox-docs
-        - tox-linters
+        - tox-linters:
+            vars:
+              tox_install_bindep: false
         - tox-py35:
             irrelevant-files:
               - zuul/cmd/migrate.py
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 103a92cf75..1811c3ab3f 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ deps = bindep
 commands = bindep test
 
 [testenv:linters]
+usedevelop = False
 install_command = pip install {opts} {packages}
 # --ignore-missing-imports tells mypy to not try to follow imported modules
 # out of the current tree. As you might expect, we don't want to run static