diff --git a/azure-pipelines.yml b/azure-pipelines.yml
index fa36abce5..fefcb0e95 100644
--- a/azure-pipelines.yml
+++ b/azure-pipelines.yml
@@ -21,27 +21,20 @@ jobs:
 
   # Conda Environment
   # Create and activate a Conda environment.
-  - task: CondaEnvironment@1
-    inputs:
-      packageSpecs: 'python=$(python.version) conda=4.5.11 pygments prompt_toolkit pytest pytest-timeout numpy psutil matplotlib flake8 coverage pyflakes pytest-cov pytest-flake8 codecov'
-      installOptions: '-c conda-forge/label/cf201901'
-      updateConda: false
-    condition: eq(variables['python.version'], '3.5')
+  - powershell: Write-Host "##vso[task.prependpath]$env:CONDA\Scripts"
+    displayName: Add conda to PATH
+  - script: 'conda create --yes --quiet --name conda-test-$(python.version) -c conda-forge/label/cf201901 python=$(python.version) conda=4.5.11 pygments prompt_toolkit pytest pytest-timeout numpy psutil matplotlib flake8 coverage pyflakes pytest-cov pytest-flake8 codecov'
     displayName: 'Conda Environment (conda-forge/label/cf201901)'
-  - task: CondaEnvironment@1
-    inputs:
-      packageSpecs: 'python=$(python.version) pygments prompt_toolkit pytest pytest-timeout numpy psutil matplotlib flake8 coverage pyflakes pytest-cov pytest-flake8 codecov'
-      installOptions: '-c conda-forge/label/cf201901'
-      updateConda: false
     condition: eq(variables['python.version'], '3.5')
-  - task: CondaEnvironment@1
-    inputs:
-      packageSpecs: 'python=$(python.version) pygments prompt_toolkit pytest pytest-timeout numpy psutil matplotlib flake8 coverage pyflakes pytest-cov pytest-flake8 codecov'
-      installOptions: '-c conda-forge'
-      updateConda: false
+  - script: |
+      call activate conda-test-$(python.version)
+      conda install --yes --quiet -c conda-forge/label/cf201901 python=$(python.version) pygments prompt_toolkit pytest pytest-timeout numpy psutil matplotlib flake8 coverage pyflakes pytest-cov pytest-flake8 codecov
+    condition: eq(variables['python.version'], '3.5')
+  - script: 'conda create --yes --quiet --name conda-test-$(python.version) -c conda-forge python=$(python.version) pygments prompt_toolkit pytest pytest-timeout numpy psutil matplotlib flake8 coverage pyflakes pytest-cov pytest-flake8 codecov'
     condition: ne(variables['python.version'], '3.5')
     displayName: 'Conda Environment (conda-forge)'
   - script: |
+      call activate conda-test-$(python.version)
       pip install .
       xonsh run-tests.xsh --timeout=10 --junitxml=junit/test-results.xml
     displayName: 'Tests'