diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index cdc28cb4..a47864ea 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -16,9 +16,9 @@ jobs:
           name: Install dependencies
           no_output_timeout: 30m
           command: |
-            sudo pip install --upgrade pip
-            sudo pip install --only-binary=numpy,scipy numpy==1.22.4 scipy Cython pytest pytest-cov codecov
-            sudo pip install -e .[tests]
+            pip install --upgrade pip
+            pip install --only-binary=numpy,scipy numpy==1.22.4 scipy Cython pytest pytest-cov codecov
+            pip install -e .[tests]
       - run:
           name: Run tests
           no_output_timeout: 30m
diff --git a/.coveragerc b/.coveragerc
index 69e19bc9..5bffcfcf 100644
--- a/.coveragerc
+++ b/.coveragerc
@@ -14,3 +14,5 @@ include =
 omit =
     */cornac/models/*
     */cornac/datasets/*
+    # ignored until being fixed
+    cornac/eval_methods/propensity_stratified_evaluation.py