diff --git a/src/conda_packages.sh b/src/conda_packages.sh
index f625afa99712fc7040ce97c2805e6745380c7312..a964ef3e98ee86e942c19ef655b54eb426963dbc 100644
--- a/src/conda_packages.sh
+++ b/src/conda_packages.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 function install_env {
   if [ ! -d "${CONDA_PREFIX}/envs/${1}_${2}" ]; then
-    install_env ${1}_${2} ${3}
+    conda create --yes --name ${1}_${2} ${3}=${2}
   fi
 }