diff --git a/gitlab/before_build.sh b/gitlab/before_build.sh
index f93f15830000ae004b5c3c10a9eab1bb6cf6f7ef..4fb561e17bd68c6d9dcd855e34b8a227707f514d 100755
--- a/gitlab/before_build.sh
+++ b/gitlab/before_build.sh
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ echo "Contents of \`${CONDARC}':"
 cat ${CONDARC}
 
 # updates conda installation
-run_cmd ${CONDA_ROOT}/bin/conda install --quiet --yes python conda=4.4 curl conda-build=3
+run_cmd ${CONDA_ROOT}/bin/conda install python conda=4.4 curl conda-build=3
 
 # cleans up
 run_cmd ${CONDA_ROOT}/bin/conda clean --lock
diff --git a/gitlab/build.sh b/gitlab/build.sh
index 74764a3934f0fa39ab82f0109f7d4404e49ce3ac..e5faf011e98a47f8aced3b9955c35b38768fa9b8 100755
--- a/gitlab/build.sh
+++ b/gitlab/build.sh
@@ -21,4 +21,4 @@ fi
 BOB_BUILD_NUMBER=`head -n 1 ./_ci/${OS_SLUG}/${PYTHON_VERSION}/build_number.txt | tr -d '\n'`
 export_env BOB_BUILD_NUMBER
 
-run_cmd ${CONDA_ROOT}/bin/conda build --variant-config-files _ci/conda_build_config.yaml --quiet --python=${PYTHON_VERSION} conda
+run_cmd ${CONDA_ROOT}/bin/conda build --variant-config-files _ci/conda_build_config.yaml --python=${PYTHON_VERSION} conda