diff --git a/gitlab/functions.sh b/gitlab/functions.sh
index 4603e67496f40af662e4c60b060e58e55d19e601..4e9f47b3149f2c0a4eb3e39da93f7ce8162fc570 100644
--- a/gitlab/functions.sh
+++ b/gitlab/functions.sh
@@ -354,8 +354,6 @@ check_env OSNAME
 check_env VISIBILITY
 check_env IS_MASTER
 
-PYVER=py$(echo ${PYTHON_VERSION} | tr -d '.')
-
 if [ -z "${DOCSERVER}" ]; then
   DOCSERVER=http://www.idiap.ch
   export_env DOCSERVER
@@ -379,7 +377,6 @@ fi
 TESTSERVER=https://testpypi.python.org/legacy/
 
 export_env OS_SLUG
-check_env PYVER
 check_env DOCSERVER
 check_env TESTSERVER
 check_env CONDA_ROOT