diff --git a/run_tests.sh b/run_tests.sh
index e5e46476..9dd471b8 100755
--- a/run_tests.sh
+++ b/run_tests.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+TF_CPP_MIN_LOG_LEVEL=3
+
 # tests
 nosetests tests -x
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 1302dc99..3d4c705c 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -128,5 +128,6 @@ setup(
 
 # for some reason having tensorflow in 'install_requires'
 # breaks some of the dependencies.
-for module in requirements['pip_install']:
-    pip_install(module)
+if 'bdist_wheel' not in unknown_args:
+    for module in requirements['pip_install']:
+        pip_install(module)