diff --git a/tox_poetry_installer/hooks.py b/tox_poetry_installer/hooks.py
index b7748da..a42b7ee 100644
--- a/tox_poetry_installer/hooks.py
+++ b/tox_poetry_installer/hooks.py
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ from tox.venv import VirtualEnv as ToxVirtualEnv
 from tox_poetry_installer import __about__
 from tox_poetry_installer import constants
 from tox_poetry_installer import exceptions
+from tox_poetry_installer import installer
 from tox_poetry_installer import utilities
 from tox_poetry_installer.datatypes import PackageMap
 
@@ -139,6 +140,6 @@ def tox_testenv_install_deps(venv: ToxVirtualEnv, action: ToxAction) -> Optional
         __about__.__title__,
         f"Installing {len(dependencies)} dependencies from Poetry lock file",
     )
-    utilities.install_to_venv(poetry, venv, dependencies)
+    installer.install(poetry, venv, dependencies)
 
     return venv.envconfig.require_locked_deps or None
diff --git a/tox_poetry_installer/installer.py b/tox_poetry_installer/installer.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3f13f93
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tox_poetry_installer/installer.py
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+"""Funcationality for performing virtualenv installation"""
+# Silence this one globally to support the internal function imports for the proxied poetry module.
+# See the docstring in 'tox_poetry_installer._poetry' for more context.
+# pylint: disable=import-outside-toplevel
+import typing
+from pathlib import Path
+from typing import Sequence
+from typing import Set
+
+import tox
+from poetry.core.packages import Package as PoetryPackage
+from tox.venv import VirtualEnv as ToxVirtualEnv
+
+from tox_poetry_installer import constants
+
+if typing.TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from tox_poetry_installer import _poetry
+
+
+def install(
+    poetry: "_poetry.Poetry", venv: ToxVirtualEnv, packages: Sequence[PoetryPackage]
+):
+    """Install a bunch of packages to a virtualenv
+
+    :param poetry: Poetry object the packages were sourced from
+    :param venv: Tox virtual environment to install the packages to
+    :param packages: List of packages to install to the virtual environment
+    """
+    from tox_poetry_installer import _poetry
+
+    tox.reporter.verbosity1(
+        f"{constants.REPORTER_PREFIX} Installing {len(packages)} packages to environment at {venv.envconfig.envdir}"
+    )
+
+    pip = _poetry.PipInstaller(
+        env=_poetry.VirtualEnv(path=Path(venv.envconfig.envdir)),
+        io=_poetry.NullIO(),
+        pool=poetry.pool,
+    )
+
+    installed: Set[PoetryPackage] = set()
+
+    for dependency in packages:
+        if dependency not in installed:
+            tox.reporter.verbosity1(
+                f"{constants.REPORTER_PREFIX} Installing {dependency}"
+            )
+            pip.install(dependency)
+            installed.add(dependency)
+        else:
+            tox.reporter.verbosity1(
+                f"{constants.REPORTER_PREFIX} Already installed {dependency}, skipping"
+            )
diff --git a/tox_poetry_installer/utilities.py b/tox_poetry_installer/utilities.py
index 2dad49f..c477945 100644
--- a/tox_poetry_installer/utilities.py
+++ b/tox_poetry_installer/utilities.py
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 # pylint: disable=import-outside-toplevel
 import sys
 import typing
-from pathlib import Path
 from typing import List
 from typing import Sequence
 from typing import Set
@@ -22,32 +21,6 @@ if typing.TYPE_CHECKING:
     from tox_poetry_installer import _poetry
 
 
-def install_to_venv(
-    poetry: "_poetry.Poetry", venv: ToxVirtualEnv, packages: Sequence[PoetryPackage]
-):
-    """Install a bunch of packages to a virtualenv
-
-    :param poetry: Poetry object the packages were sourced from
-    :param venv: Tox virtual environment to install the packages to
-    :param packages: List of packages to install to the virtual environment
-    """
-    from tox_poetry_installer import _poetry
-
-    tox.reporter.verbosity1(
-        f"{constants.REPORTER_PREFIX} Installing {len(packages)} packages to environment at {venv.envconfig.envdir}"
-    )
-
-    installer = _poetry.PipInstaller(
-        env=_poetry.VirtualEnv(path=Path(venv.envconfig.envdir)),
-        io=_poetry.NullIO(),
-        pool=poetry.pool,
-    )
-
-    for dependency in packages:
-        tox.reporter.verbosity1(f"{constants.REPORTER_PREFIX} Installing {dependency}")
-        installer.install(dependency)
-
-
 def identify_transients(
     packages: PackageMap, dependency_name: str, allow_missing: Sequence[str] = ()
 ) -> List[PoetryPackage]: