diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 2f33414ed2ceeca856f0faec7bec8b827dc3b671..6bea49982813e88767a79db86dc89becfb845ddd 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -82,7 +82,6 @@ Python 3 Conda:
   - export SUMPY_FORCE_SYMBOLIC_BACKEND=symengine
   - export CONDA_ENVIRONMENT=.test-conda-env-py3.yml
   - export PYTEST_ADDOPTS=${PYTEST_ADDOPTS:--k-slowtest}
-  - export REQUIREMENTS_TXT=.test-conda-env-py3-requirements.txt
   - curl -L -O -k https://gitlab.tiker.net/inducer/ci-support/raw/master/build-and-test-py-project-within-miniconda.sh
   - ". ./build-and-test-py-project-within-miniconda.sh"
   tags:
@@ -101,7 +100,6 @@ Python 3 Conda Apple:
   - export LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   - export CONDA_ENVIRONMENT=.test-conda-env-py3-macos.yml
   - export PYTEST_ADDOPTS=${PYTEST_ADDOPTS:--k-slowtest}
-  - export REQUIREMENTS_TXT=.test-conda-env-py3-requirements.txt
   - export CC=clang
   - set -o xtrace
   - curl -L -O -k https://gitlab.tiker.net/inducer/ci-support/raw/master/build-and-test-py-project-within-miniconda.sh
diff --git a/.test-conda-env-py3-macos.yml b/.test-conda-env-py3-macos.yml
index eea9ddd7e59168d635c08f4a0f29ed04dc19ede5..cbf0efad3ebc7688138e04becf0fbccdc79b4277 100644
--- a/.test-conda-env-py3-macos.yml
+++ b/.test-conda-env-py3-macos.yml
@@ -19,4 +19,11 @@ dependencies:
 - clangdev
 - openmp
 - cython
-# things not in here: loopy boxtree pymbolic meshmode sumpy
+
+- pip
+- pip:
+    - git+https://gitlab.tiker.net/inducer/boxtree
+    - git+https://github.com/inducer/pymbolic
+    - git+https://github.com/inducer/loopy
+    - git+https://gitlab.tiker.net/inducer/sumpy
+    - git+https://github.com/inducer/meshmode
diff --git a/.test-conda-env-py3-requirements.txt b/.test-conda-env-py3-requirements.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index fa6c042636713d94361fb116af2afb80e4d9097e..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/.test-conda-env-py3-requirements.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-git+https://gitlab.tiker.net/inducer/boxtree
-git+https://github.com/inducer/pymbolic
-git+https://github.com/inducer/loopy
-git+https://gitlab.tiker.net/inducer/sumpy
-git+https://github.com/inducer/meshmode
diff --git a/.test-conda-env-py3.yml b/.test-conda-env-py3.yml
index 8023391b5f8598a9c94677f2d5dcefd0c6537f5d..19d8881cebc59f4405cf5960b0cb4bdb63edefc9 100644
--- a/.test-conda-env-py3.yml
+++ b/.test-conda-env-py3.yml
@@ -15,4 +15,11 @@ dependencies:
 - python-symengine=0.3.0
 - pyfmmlib
 - cython
-# things not in here: loopy boxtree pymbolic meshmode sumpy
+
+- pip
+- pip:
+    - git+https://gitlab.tiker.net/inducer/boxtree
+    - git+https://github.com/inducer/pymbolic
+    - git+https://github.com/inducer/loopy
+    - git+https://gitlab.tiker.net/inducer/sumpy
+    - git+https://github.com/inducer/meshmode