diff --git a/conda/conda-build.sh b/conda/conda-build.sh
index 9dcc1332506fbf0a8fae7e10613d45a2d7f2b7e4..fc6554bd373d32deb7e29785458d706c987500dd 100755
--- a/conda/conda-build.sh
+++ b/conda/conda-build.sh
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
 export CONDARC=${DIR}/build-condarc
 log_info "Using CONDARC from \`${CONDARC}'..."
 
-BUILD_OPTIONS="--no-anaconda-upload --skip-existing --variant-config-files ${DIR}/../gitlab/conda_build_config.yaml"
+BUILD_OPTIONS="--no-anaconda-upload --variant-config-files ${DIR}/../gitlab/conda_build_config.yaml"
 
 # Exclusively for Bob packages, we also set the package version
 if [ -e version.txt ]; then