diff --git a/pipenv/core.py b/pipenv/core.py
index c0e82fa7..5408d6e3 100644
--- a/pipenv/core.py
+++ b/pipenv/core.py
@@ -1529,7 +1529,6 @@ def pip_install(
         project_python(project, system=allow_global),
         _get_runnable_pip(),
         "install",
-        "--ignore-installed",
     ]
     pip_args = get_pip_args(
         project,
diff --git a/pipenv/patched/pip/__main__.py b/pipenv/patched/pip/__main__.py
index 03b90ffd..b424ab20 100644
--- a/pipenv/patched/pip/__main__.py
+++ b/pipenv/patched/pip/__main__.py
@@ -26,7 +26,13 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
     warnings.filterwarnings(
         "ignore", category=DeprecationWarning, module=".*packaging\\.version"
     )
-    sys.path.insert(0, os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(__file__)))))
+    import importlib.util
+    import sys
+    spec = importlib.util.spec_from_file_location(
+        "pipenv", location=os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(__file__))), "__init__.py"))
+    pipenv = importlib.util.module_from_spec(spec)
+    sys.modules["pipenv"] = pipenv
+    spec.loader.exec_module(pipenv)
     from pipenv.patched.pip._internal.cli.main import main as _main
 
     sys.exit(_main())