diff --git a/torchbenchmark/canary_models/fambench_xlmr/install.py b/torchbenchmark/canary_models/fambench_xlmr/install.py
index a09abe998e..b1beeb1ee8 100644
--- a/torchbenchmark/canary_models/fambench_xlmr/install.py
+++ b/torchbenchmark/canary_models/fambench_xlmr/install.py
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ def update_fambench_submodule():
 
 def pip_install_requirements():
     try:
-        pip_install_requirements()
         # pin fairseq version
         # ignore deps specified in requirements.txt
         subprocess.check_call(