diff --git a/nodepool/tests/fixtures/node.yaml b/nodepool/tests/fixtures/node.yaml
index 836d0dd84..db521b552 100644
--- a/nodepool/tests/fixtures/node.yaml
+++ b/nodepool/tests/fixtures/node.yaml
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ cron:
 zmq-publishers:
   - tcp://localhost:8881
 
-gearman-servers:
-  - host: localhost
+#gearman-servers:
+#  - host: localhost
 
 labels:
   - name: fake-label
diff --git a/nodepool/tests/fixtures/subnodes.yaml b/nodepool/tests/fixtures/subnodes.yaml
index 518f4571f..d1a68aa85 100644
--- a/nodepool/tests/fixtures/subnodes.yaml
+++ b/nodepool/tests/fixtures/subnodes.yaml
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ cron:
 zmq-publishers:
   - tcp://localhost:8881
 
-gearman-servers:
-  - host: localhost
+#gearman-servers:
+#  - host: localhost
 
 labels:
   - name: fake-label
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 26732a1e0..523c243d6 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ envlist = pep8, py27
 setenv = STATSD_HOST=localhost
          STATSD_PORT=8125
          VIRTUAL_ENV={envdir}
+install_command = pip install {opts} {packages}
 deps = -r{toxinidir}/requirements.txt
        -r{toxinidir}/test-requirements.txt
 commands =