diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index d8f9956cecf..12d5bd8c468 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -156,18 +156,20 @@ commands =
 
 [testenv:docs]
 deps =
-  -e {toxinidir}/opentelemetry-api
-  -e {toxinidir}/opentelemetry-sdk
   -e {toxinidir}/opentelemetry-python-contrib/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-datadog
-  -e {toxinidir}/opentelemetry-instrumentation
-  -e {toxinidir}/opentelemetry-python-contrib/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-wsgi
   -e {toxinidir}/opentelemetry-python-contrib/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-grpc
   -e {toxinidir}/opentelemetry-python-contrib/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-flask
   -e {toxinidir}/opentelemetry-python-contrib/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-django
   -e {toxinidir}/opentelemetry-python-contrib/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-requests
+  -e {toxinidir}/opentelemetry-python-contrib/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-wsgi
   -c {toxinidir}/dev-requirements.txt
   -r {toxinidir}/docs-requirements.txt
 
+commands_pre =
+  pip install -e {toxinidir}/opentelemetry-api \
+              -e {toxinidir}/opentelemetry-sdk \
+              -e {toxinidir}/opentelemetry-instrumentation
+
 changedir = docs
 
 commands =