diff --git a/docker/utils/pyutils.sh b/docker/utils/pyutils.sh
--- a/docker/utils/pyutils.sh
+++ b/docker/utils/pyutils.sh
@@ -11,7 +11,9 @@
       if [ -w $srcrepo ]
       then
         # Install package in editable mode if source directory is writable
-        pip install -e $srcrepo
+        pip install -e $srcrepo --no-use-pep517
+        # The flag is a workaround for a pip issue
+        # https://github.com/pypa/pip/issues/10573#issuecomment-941136050
       else
         # Source directories might not be writeable, but building them writes
         # in-tree; so we're copying them to a location guaranteed to be writeable.