diff --git a/pip-upgrade b/pip-upgrade
index f28ed09..1cd37b8 100644
--- a/pip-upgrade
+++ b/pip-upgrade
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@ import pip
 import sys
 from subprocess import call
 
-skip=('setuptools', 'pip', 'python', 'disco', 'AudioPython', 'flann')
+skip=('setuptools', 'pip', 'python', 'disco', 
+      'AudioPython', 'flann', 'vboxapi')
 
 for dist in pip.get_installed_distributions(skip=skip):
     if sys.argv[1] == "2":