diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 98e37594..07039393 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ You are now in a position to install xeus-cpp into this envirnoment. You can do
 mkdir build
 cd build
 cmake -D CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -D CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=$CONDA_PREFIX -D CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$CONDA_PREFIX -D CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR=lib ..
-make
+make install
 ```
 
 To check that everything is installed correctly you can run the c++ tests by executing the following
@@ -56,9 +56,4 @@ and the python tests by executing
 ```bash
 cd ./test
 pytest -sv .
-```
-Once the build is passing all the tests you can install it by executing the following from the test folder
-```bash 
-cd ..
-make install
 ```
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0b8e52ad..06313ea3 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ Now you can compile the kernel from the source by executing (replace `$CONDA_PRE
 mkdir build
 cd build
 cmake .. -D CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=$CONDA_PREFIX -D CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$CONDA_PREFIX -D CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR=lib
-make
+make install
 ```
 To test the build you execute the following to test the C++ tests
 ```bash
@@ -54,11 +54,7 @@ and
 ```bash
 pytest -sv .
 ```
-to perform the python tests. Once the build is passing all the tests you can install it by executing the following from the test folder
-```bash 
-cd ..
-make install
-```
+to perform the python tests.
 
 ## Installation within a mamba environment (wasm build instructions)