diff --git a/azure-pipelines.yml b/azure-pipelines.yml
index a9e12e755..491a8d0a4 100644
--- a/azure-pipelines.yml
+++ b/azure-pipelines.yml
@@ -93,9 +93,8 @@ jobs:
   - script: |
       conda config --add channels conda-forge --force
       conda config --set auto_update_conda false
-      conda create -y -n buildenv
+      conda create -y -n buildenv ninja
       call activate buildenv
-      conda install --yes --name buildenv ninja
       mkdir build
       cd build
       cmake -G "Ninja" -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=clang-cl -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=clang-cl -DMSVC_STATIC_CRT=ON ..