diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 631b5a03fe0378c873a795abb083abc4489869a0..eb83d3cbaf242a31f1a7eab703d391ff771b95ae 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ build_macosx_36:
     - mv conda-bld ${CONDA_ROOT}
   script:
     - export BEAT_BROWSER_TESTS=true
-    - BOB_TEST_ONLY=true ./_ci/build.sh
+    - BEAT_BROWSER_TESTS=true BOB_TEST_ONLY=true ./_ci/build.sh
   after_script:
     - ./_ci/after_build.sh
 
diff --git a/conda/meta.yaml b/conda/meta.yaml
index 1d57ec773a27c9e3a8e6377648455449821e552d..fe7462189c8495175fb6d63b3848e1d11f1ac82b 100644
--- a/conda/meta.yaml
+++ b/conda/meta.yaml
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ test:
     - beat editor --help
     - beat editor serve --help
     - nosetests --with-coverage --cover-package={{ name }} -sv {{ name }}
-    {% if environ.get('BEAT_BROWSER_TESTS', True)  %}
+    {% if environ.get('BEAT_BROWSER_TESTS', False)  %}
     - cd {{ project_dir }}/conda/js
     - npm install
     - npm test