diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 765d4aa..5a0fff2 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ A suitable [conda](https://conda.io/) environment named `ldm` can be created
 and activated with:
 
 ```
+conda install pytorch torchvision torchaudio cpuonly -c pytorch
 conda env create -f environment-cpuonly.yaml
 conda activate ldm
 ```
diff --git a/environment-cpuonly.yaml b/environment-cpuonly.yaml
index cb83a1b..8275873 100644
--- a/environment-cpuonly.yaml
+++ b/environment-cpuonly.yaml
@@ -6,11 +6,6 @@ dependencies:
   - python=3.8.5
   - pip=20.3
   - numpy=1.19.2
-  - pytorch
-  - torchvision
-  - torchaudio
-  - cpuonly
-  - -c pytorch
   - pip:
     - albumentations==0.4.3
     - diffusers