diff --git a/gitlab/build.sh b/gitlab/build.sh
index c93f4ab20f607e456fae86f3f4593f8245db7892..832b1c2b2bb4681bf25df4386b08fecb2704bb34 100755
--- a/gitlab/build.sh
+++ b/gitlab/build.sh
@@ -30,4 +30,4 @@ run_cmd ${CONDA_ROOT}/bin/conda build --no-anaconda-upload --variant-config-file
 run_cmd rm -rf ${CONDA_ROOT}/pkgs/bob*.tar.bz2
 
 # run git clean to clean everything that is not needed
-run_cmd git clean -ffdx --exclude=miniconda.sh --exclude="${CONDA_ROOT}/pkgs/*.tar.bz2" --exclude=${CONDA_ROOT}/pkgs/urls.txt --exclude=_ci --exclude="${CONDA_ROOT}/conda-bld/linux-64/*.tar.bz2" --exclude="${CONDA_ROOT}/conda-bld/osx-64/*.tar.bz2" --exclude="dist/*.zip" --exclude=sphinx
+run_cmd git clean -ffdx --exclude=miniconda.sh --exclude="miniconda/pkgs/*.tar.bz2" --exclude=miniconda/pkgs/urls.txt --exclude=_ci --exclude="miniconda/conda-bld/linux-64/*.tar.bz2" --exclude="miniconda/conda-bld/osx-64/*.tar.bz2" --exclude="dist/*.zip" --exclude=sphinx