diff --git a/python/install_py_bindings.sh b/python/install_py_bindings.sh
index 466b146ef..c145036fe 100755
--- a/python/install_py_bindings.sh
+++ b/python/install_py_bindings.sh
@@ -2,13 +2,5 @@
 
 set -ex
 
-#cd ..
-#cargo build -p deltachat_ffi --release
-#cd python
-
-export CFLAGS=-I`realpath ../deltachat-ffi`
-# the followine line results in "libdeltachat.so" not found
-# export LDFLAGS='-Wl,-rpath=$ORIGIN/../target/release -Wl,--enable-new-dtags'
-pip install -e .
-export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=`realpath ../target/release`
-python -c "import deltachat"
+cargo build -p deltachat_ffi --release
+DCC_RS_DEV=`pwd`/.. pip install -e .