diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 27836f0..8a25171 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -46,15 +46,10 @@ commands:
       - abort_for_noci
       - checkout
 
-      - restore_cache: # Download and cache dependencies
-          keys:
-          - v1-dependencies-{{ checksum "pyproject.toml" }}
-          # fallback to using the latest cache if no exact match is found
-          - v1-dependencies-
-
       - run:
           name: install tox dependencies
           command: |
+            pip install --user --quiet --upgrade pip virtualenv
             pip install --user --quiet -r .circleci/circle_requirements.txt
 
       - run:
@@ -79,13 +74,6 @@ commands:
           command:
             tox -e cover
 
-      - save_cache:
-          paths:
-            - ./.tox
-            - ~/.cache/pip
-            - ~/.cache/pypoetry
-          key: v1-dependencies-{{ checksum "pyproject.toml" }}
-
 jobs:
   build:
     parameters:
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index f6d5cdc..bf6096b 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ exclude =.git,.tox,dist,doc,*/__pycache__/*,*test*.py
 [testenv:cover]
 whitelist_externals = find
 commands_pre =
-    find . -type f -name "*.pyc" -delete
+    pip install --upgrade pip
 setenv =
     REDIS_PORT = 6379
 commands =