diff --git a/xlntpyarrow/CMakeLists.txt b/xlntpyarrow/CMakeLists.txt
index f4cb2a08..67cee9fb 100644
--- a/xlntpyarrow/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/xlntpyarrow/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -11,6 +11,6 @@ configure_file("${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/setup.py.cmake"
     "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/setup.py")
 
 add_custom_target(xlntpyarrow ALL
-    COMMAND python setup.py install --single-version-externally-managed --record=record.txt
+    COMMAND python setup.py install --record=record.txt
     DEPENDS xlnt
 	SOURCES xlntpyarrow.cpp setup.py.cmake)