diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 55a697300..2815e9ad7 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -3,11 +3,9 @@ SHELL := /bin/bash
 ifeq ($(OS),Windows_NT)
 	PYTHON_BIN := python
 	ACTIVATE_SCRIPT := pyenv/Scripts/activate
-	SYSTEM_PACKAGES := sed -iv -- "s/include-system-site-packages\s*=\s*false/include-system-site-packages = true/g" pyenv/pyvenv.cfg
 else
 	PYTHON_BIN := python3
 	ACTIVATE_SCRIPT := pyenv/bin/activate
-	SYSTEM_PACKAGES := echo Skipping Windows Pythons system packages inheritance activation...
 endif
 
 .SHELLFLAGS := -eu -o pipefail -c
@@ -30,10 +28,10 @@ all: run
 # - add qt if missing
 pyenv:
 	"${PYTHON_BIN}" -m venv pyenv && \
-	${SYSTEM_PACKAGES} && \
 	. "${ACTIVATE_SCRIPT}" && \
 	python --version && \
 	python -m pip install --upgrade pip setuptools && \
+	${ANKI_EXTRA_PIP} && \
 	python -c 'import PyQt5' 2>/dev/null || python -m pip install -r qt/requirements.qt
 
 # update build hash
diff --git a/README.development b/README.development
index 6db22b641..bcc00b127 100644
--- a/README.development
+++ b/README.development
@@ -91,11 +91,14 @@ Windows users (using Visual Studio)
 1. Download and install pip for your Windows Python (`python -m ensurepip`).
 1. Download and install rust (compiler), npm, git and put them your system path.
 1. Download and install the pyaudio wheel from: https://www.lfd.uci.edu/~gohlke/pythonlibs/#pyaudio
-    1. After download the file for your Python version, you can install it using a command like
-        `python -m pip install PyAudio‑0.2.11‑cp38‑cp38‑win_amd64.whl`
-    1. If got an error from pip trying to build the `pyaudio` library,
-        or there is not a wheel available for your Python version, you can built it from the source
+    1. After download the file for your Python version, you need to define the following environment
+        variable before running anki:
+        `set "ANKI_EXTRA_PIP=python -m pip install full/path/to/PyAudio‑0.2.11‑cp38‑cp38‑win_amd64.whl"`
+    1. If there is not an wheel available for your Python version, you can built it from the source
         following the installation instructions on: https://github.com/evandroforks/pyaudio
+        After building and installing portaudio, you need to define the following environment
+        variable before running anki:
+        `set "ANKI_EXTRA_PIP=python -m pip install git+https://github.com/evandroforks/pyaudio"`
 1. Open a `cmd.exe` (command prompt) on the anki repository and run the command `sh run`
     1. Do not use `bash run` because it my call for Windows Subsystem for Linux
     1. Do not use any Cygwin terminal as `mintty.exe` because the `rust lang` compiler does not work with them