diff --git a/gitlab/functions.sh b/gitlab/functions.sh
index 3aa4a14819aff2bd1ffce44b2fec3180bda389f9..4603e67496f40af662e4c60b060e58e55d19e601 100644
--- a/gitlab/functions.sh
+++ b/gitlab/functions.sh
@@ -380,8 +380,6 @@ TESTSERVER=https://testpypi.python.org/legacy/
 
 export_env OS_SLUG
 check_env PYVER
-check_env PREFIX
-export_env PREFIX
 check_env DOCSERVER
 check_env TESTSERVER
 check_env CONDA_ROOT