diff --git a/gitlab/before_deploy.sh b/gitlab/before_deploy.sh
index 1f12ae8177d9b578b87e04d92135d091407321fc..895ac54fe5362a27ea16a3a0a87d2d1e6532cde3 100755
--- a/gitlab/before_deploy.sh
+++ b/gitlab/before_deploy.sh
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ source $(dirname ${0})/functions.sh
 
 run_cmd $(dirname ${0})/before_test.sh
 
+prepare_build_env ${CONDA_FOLDER} ${PREFIX}
+
 # setup database locally and run `bob_dbmanage.py all download`
 # if this is a database package - need auxiliary file for package
 if [[ ${CI_PROJECT_NAME} == bob.db.* ]]; then