diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 474063da725e2f4986fd8c5c564a26e2f051c02a..8d615e4b2c9081e20b16fb3931cea5ef951c540c 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -29,14 +29,8 @@ build-dep: build-dep/opam phony
 	@# that are incompatible with our build requirements.
 	@# To achieve this, we create a fake opam package that has our build-dependencies as
 	@# dependencies, but does not actually install anything itself.
-	@echo "# Pinning build-dep package." && \
-	  if opam --version | grep "^1\." -q; then \
-	    BUILD_DEP_PACKAGE="$$(egrep "^name:" build-dep/opam | sed 's/^name: *"\(.*\)" */\1/')" && \
-	    opam pin add -k path $(OPAMFLAGS) "$$BUILD_DEP_PACKAGE".dev build-dep && \
-	    opam reinstall $(OPAMFLAGS) "$$BUILD_DEP_PACKAGE"; \
-	  else \
-	    opam install $(OPAMFLAGS) build-dep/; \
-	  fi
+	@echo "# Installing build-dep package."
+	@opam install $(OPAMFLAGS) build-dep/
 
 # Some files that do *not* need to be forwarded to Makefile.coq
 Makefile: ;