diff --git a/gitlab/install.sh b/gitlab/install.sh
index 435b1026a496345ae4f9e9ba291df163619a5b68..d008f785115abdd71dcb8b60e0af50e47ff099a2 100755
--- a/gitlab/install.sh
+++ b/gitlab/install.sh
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ run_cmd mkdir -pv ${1}
 get_script ${1} cacert.pem
 get_script ${1} functions.sh
 get_script ${1} conda_build_config.yaml
-get_script conda white_list.yaml
+get_script ${1}/../conda recipe_append.yaml
 get_exec ${1} before_build.sh
 for stage in "build" "deploy" "pypi"; do
   get_exec ${1} ${stage}.sh
diff --git a/gitlab/recipe_append.yaml b/gitlab/recipe_append.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..4659cb21eb86a3525f51e117ee9ca906554bba73
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gitlab/recipe_append.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+build:
+  script_env:
+    - BOB_DATABASE_SERVER
diff --git a/gitlab/white_list.yaml b/gitlab/white_list.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index f7f10f1101c7812edecc9b47b9dfa39c53178c25..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/gitlab/white_list.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-build:
-  script_env:
-    - SSL_CERT_FILE
-    - CURL_CA_BUNDLE