diff --git a/workers/README.md b/workers/README.md
index e91246861..94c13fc10 100644
--- a/workers/README.md
+++ b/workers/README.md
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ start the worker
 ```
 cd quay
 virtualenv --distribute venv
-source venv/bin/activate
-pip install -r requirements.txt
+venv/bin/pip install -r requirements.txt
 sudo venv/bin/python -m workers.dockerfilebuild -D
 ```