diff --git a/appveyor.yml b/appveyor.yml
index 8a4a58b45..41d8df7a6 100644
--- a/appveyor.yml
+++ b/appveyor.yml
@@ -623,7 +623,7 @@ for:
     - mkdir ~/.venv
     - python3 -m venv ~/.venv
     - source ~/.venv/bin/activate
-    - pip3 install --user --upgrade pip dropbox py7zr 'urllib3<2.0' conan==1.63.0 requests
+    - pip3 install --upgrade pip dropbox py7zr 'urllib3<2.0' conan==1.63.0 requests
     - export QTDIR=$(brew --prefix qt6)
     - export PATH="$PATH:`python3 -m site --user-base`/bin:$QTDIR/bin"
     - echo $PATH
@@ -828,7 +828,7 @@ for:
     - python3 -m venv ~/.venv
     - source ~/.venv/bin/activate
     - sudo python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip
-    - pip3 install --user --upgrade pip dropbox py7zr 'urllib3<2.0' conan==1.63.0 requests
+    - pip3 install --upgrade pip dropbox py7zr 'urllib3<2.0' conan==1.63.0 requests
     - export PATH="`brew --prefix qbs`/bin:$PATH"
     - echo $PATH
     - clang --version