diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d6cec5225..065ac1f68 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ user_data/notebooks/*
 freqtrade-plot.html
 freqtrade-profit-plot.html
 freqtrade/rpc/api_server/ui/*
+build_helpers/ta-lib/*
 
 # Macos related
 .DS_Store
diff --git a/build_helpers/install_ta-lib.sh b/build_helpers/install_ta-lib.sh
index 00c4417ae..581c1cd41 100755
--- a/build_helpers/install_ta-lib.sh
+++ b/build_helpers/install_ta-lib.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ else
   INSTALL_LOC=${1}
 fi
 echo "Installing to ${INSTALL_LOC}"
-if [ ! -f "${INSTALL_LOC}/lib/libta_lib.a" ]; then
+if [ -n "$2" ] && [ ! -f "${INSTALL_LOC}/lib/libta_lib.a" ]; then
   tar zxvf ta-lib-0.4.0-src.tar.gz
   cd ta-lib \
   && sed -i.bak "s|0.00000001|0.000000000000000001 |g" src/ta_func/ta_utility.h \
@@ -17,11 +17,17 @@ if [ ! -f "${INSTALL_LOC}/lib/libta_lib.a" ]; then
     cd .. && rm -rf ./ta-lib/
     exit 1
   fi
-  which sudo && sudo make install || make install
-  if [ -x "$(command -v apt-get)" ]; then
-    echo "Updating library path using ldconfig"
-    sudo ldconfig
+  if [ -z "$2" ]; then
+    which sudo && sudo make install || make install
+    if [ -x "$(command -v apt-get)" ]; then
+      echo "Updating library path using ldconfig"
+      sudo ldconfig
+    fi
+  else
+    # Don't install with sudo
+    make install
   fi
+
   cd .. && rm -rf ./ta-lib/
 else
   echo "TA-lib already installed, skipping installation"
diff --git a/build_helpers/install_ta-lib_conda.sh b/build_helpers/install_ta-lib_conda.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index 27f8a50a1..000000000
--- a/build_helpers/install_ta-lib_conda.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-if ! [[ -v CONDA_PREFIX  ]]; then
-    echo "The conda environment is not activated."
-    exit 1
-fi
-
-INSTALL_LOC=${CONDA_PREFIX}
-echo "Installing to ${INSTALL_LOC}"
-tar zxvf ta-lib-0.4.0-src.tar.gz
-cd ta-lib \
-&& sed -i.bak "s|0.00000001|0.000000000000000001 |g" src/ta_func/ta_utility.h \
-&& curl 'http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=config.git;a=blob_plain;f=config.guess;hb=HEAD' -o config.guess \
-&& curl 'http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=config.git;a=blob_plain;f=config.sub;hb=HEAD' -o config.sub \
-&& ./configure --prefix=${INSTALL_LOC}/ \
-&& make
-if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
-  echo "Failed building ta-lib."
-  cd .. && rm -rf ./ta-lib/
-  exit 1
-fi
-make install || make install
-cd .. && rm -rf ./ta-lib/
diff --git a/docs/installation.md b/docs/installation.md
index 29511384c..9dd14274a 100644
--- a/docs/installation.md
+++ b/docs/installation.md
@@ -326,11 +326,14 @@ python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip
 python3 -m pip install -e .
 ```
 
-Patch conda libta-lib
+Patch conda libta-lib (Linux only)
 
 ```bash
+# Ensure that the environment is active!
+conda activate freqtrade-conda
+
 cd build_helpers
-bash install_ta-lib_conda.sh
+bash install_ta-lib.sh ${CONDA_PREFIX} nosudo
 ```
 
 ### Congratulations