diff --git a/gitlab/before_deploy.sh b/gitlab/before_deploy.sh
index 5371267557b6cafd5d40f3135ecb8a74498e795c..cac81087be5533b36b8ab026d458748b8f607f25 100755
--- a/gitlab/before_deploy.sh
+++ b/gitlab/before_deploy.sh
@@ -1,22 +1,15 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 # Wed 21 Sep 2016 13:08:05 CEST
 
-# Parameters:
-#
-#   $1: database name to run the download command for. If unset, use "all"
-#
-
 source $(dirname ${0})/functions.sh
 
 run_cmd $(dirname ${0})/before_test.sh
 
-dbname=${1:-all}
-
 # 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
   run_cmd ./bin/buildout
   if [ -x ./bin/bob_dbmanage.py ]; then
-    run_cmd ./bin/bob_dbmanage.py ${dbname} download --force;
+    run_cmd ./bin/bob_dbmanage.py all download --force;
   fi
 fi
diff --git a/gitlab/build.sh b/gitlab/build.sh
index 6e94d1e7c46e32bce8142a50822d391fd317a1da..6d45957122a54ece216884168058bb796aed9c73 100644
--- a/gitlab/build.sh
+++ b/gitlab/build.sh
@@ -1,19 +1,12 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
-# Tue 13 Dec 2016 17:36:51 CET
-
-# Parameters:
-#
-#   $1: database name to run the download command for. If unset, use "all"
-#
+# Wed 21 Sep 2016 13:08:05 CEST
 
 source $(dirname ${0})/functions.sh
 
 run_cmd ./bin/buildout
 
-dbname=${1:-all}
-
 if [ -x ./bin/bob_dbmanage.py ]; then
-  run_cmd ./bin/bob_dbmanage.py ${dbname} download --force;
+  run_cmd ./bin/bob_dbmanage.py all download --force;
 fi
 
 if [ -d ./doc ]; then