diff --git a/.github/workflows/asv.yml b/.github/workflows/asv.yml
index be90e3ec3a..f1941d82df 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/asv.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/asv.yml
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ jobs:
     - name: Install dependencies
       run: |
         pip install --upgrade pip
-        pip install -e .[tests]
         pip install --upgrade asv
 
     - name: Setup asv
diff --git a/benchmarks/regression/asv.conf.json b/benchmarks/regression/asv.conf.json
index 8d1dfae1f7..f6e564c765 100644
--- a/benchmarks/regression/asv.conf.json
+++ b/benchmarks/regression/asv.conf.json
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
     // "uninstall_command": ["return-code=any python -mpip uninstall -y {project}"],
     "build_command": [
          "DEVITO_BENCHMARKS=1 python setup.py build",
-         "PIP_NO_BUILD_ISOLATION=false python -mpip wheel --no-deps --no-index -w {build_cache_dir} {build_dir}"
+         "DEVITO_BENCHMARKS=1 PIP_NO_BUILD_ISOLATION=false python -mpip wheel --no-deps --no-index -w {build_cache_dir} {build_dir}"
     ],
 
     // List of branches to benchmark. If not provided, defaults to "master"
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 3d78741600..69943571eb 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@
 try:
     if not bool(int(os.environ.get('DEVITO_BENCHMARKS', 0))):
         exclude += ['examples']
+    else:
+        required += testing
 except (TypeError, ValueError):
     exclude += ['examples']