diff --git a/gitlab/before_build.sh b/gitlab/before_build.sh
index 4f2fed56ef42c497a519f2465276f4e7d6b67705..25e19cbb67294758d576c6fdf4428c36754eae8a 100755
--- a/gitlab/before_build.sh
+++ b/gitlab/before_build.sh
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ source $(dirname ${0})/functions.sh
 
 if [ -z "${WHEELS_REPOSITORY}" ]; then
   WHEELS_REPOSITORY="${DOCSERVER}/software/bob/wheels/gitlab/"
-  WHEELS_SERVER=`echo ${DOCSERVER} | sed 's;https\?://;;'`
+  WHEELS_SERVER=`echo ${DOCSERVER} | sed 's;http.*://;;'`
   check_env WHEELS_SERVER
 fi
 check_env WHEELS_REPOSITORY