diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 4179de927..fbbf14b78 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ commands = stestr run --slowest {posargs}
 passenv = http_proxy HTTP_PROXY https_proxy HTTPS_PROXY no_proxy NO_PROXY
 
 [testenv:pep8]
+usedevelop = False
 deps =
     Pygments>=2.2.0 # BSD license
     doc8>=0.6.0 # Apache-2.0
@@ -35,12 +36,14 @@ commands = {posargs}
 commands = python setup.py test --coverage --testr-args='{posargs}'
 
 [testenv:docs]
+usedevelop = False
 deps =
   -c{env:TOX_CONSTRAINTS_FILE:https://releases.openstack.org/constraints/upper/master}
   -r{toxinidir}/doc/requirements.txt
 commands = sphinx-build -W -b html doc/source doc/build/html
 
 [testenv:pdf-docs]
+usedevelop = False
 whitelist_externals = make
 deps = {[testenv:docs]deps}
 commands =
@@ -51,6 +54,7 @@ commands =
 commands = oslo_debug_helper -t bifrost/tests {posargs}
 
 [testenv:releasenotes]
+usedevelop = False
 deps =
   -c{env:TOX_CONSTRAINTS_FILE:https://releases.openstack.org/constraints/upper/master}
   -r{toxinidir}/doc/requirements.txt
@@ -78,6 +82,7 @@ deps =
   -r{toxinidir}/requirements.txt
 
 [testenv:linters]
+usedevelop = False
 whitelist_externals = bash
 deps =
   ansible>=2.10.0,<2.11