diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 77bc09e359..d3ea4f947d 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ deps =
     # installation (see `skipsdist`), to get relative paths in coverage reports
     --editable {toxinidir}
 
-install_command = pip install --pre {opts} {packages}
+install_command = pip install {opts} {packages}
 
 # Develop test env to run tests against securesystemslib's master branch
 # Must to be invoked explicitly with, e.g. `tox -e with-sslib-master`