diff --git a/bob/devtools/build.py b/bob/devtools/build.py
index d5908c20ccf95c8cea9527ba1251f21b19b2085b..8e0fe08fe4f409695adb93801ab163176f2deabf 100644
--- a/bob/devtools/build.py
+++ b/bob/devtools/build.py
@@ -887,8 +887,7 @@ def cli(
         group=group,
     )
 
-    if "channels" not in condarc_options:
-        condarc_options["channels"] = channels + ["conda-forge"]
+    condarc_options["channels"] = channels + ["conda-forge"]
 
     # populate ctx.obj
     ctx.obj["verbose"] = verbose
diff --git a/bob/devtools/scripts/build.py b/bob/devtools/scripts/build.py
index 2a8f5b5e7072de94fe05ddc8ae769403b5c65352..a086e40be8ec9c276f670ab7ebe2ec683d8a5bc7 100644
--- a/bob/devtools/scripts/build.py
+++ b/bob/devtools/scripts/build.py
@@ -204,8 +204,7 @@ def build(
         add_dependent_channels=True,
     )
 
-    if "channels" not in condarc_options:
-        condarc_options["channels"] = channels
+    condarc_options["channels"] = channels
 
     logger.info(
         "Using the following channels during (potential) build:\n  - %s",
diff --git a/bob/devtools/scripts/create.py b/bob/devtools/scripts/create.py
index 52d2bfb701332b69bf90de127604fac284989d90..834525db3843c4d070b77b928feb4991e04f3684 100644
--- a/bob/devtools/scripts/create.py
+++ b/bob/devtools/scripts/create.py
@@ -238,18 +238,17 @@ def create(
         # use default
         condarc_options = yaml.load(BASE_CONDARC, Loader=yaml.FullLoader)
 
-    if "channels" not in condarc_options:
-        from ..bootstrap import get_channels
-
-        channels, _ = get_channels(
-            public=(not private),
-            stable=stable,
-            server=server,
-            intranet=private,
-            group=group,
-            add_dependent_channels=True,
-        )
-        condarc_options["channels"] = channels
+    from ..bootstrap import get_channels
+
+    channels, _ = get_channels(
+        public=(not private),
+        stable=stable,
+        server=server,
+        intranet=private,
+        group=group,
+        add_dependent_channels=True,
+    )
+    condarc_options["channels"] = channels
 
     logger.info(
         "Using the following channels during environment creation:" "\n  - %s",
diff --git a/bob/devtools/scripts/graph.py b/bob/devtools/scripts/graph.py
index c1f15b7657b11a4a550a229bc64e2f5baa4808c6..f3ccae7e3e2eb5cfeb0363f56271a9810529f5eb 100644
--- a/bob/devtools/scripts/graph.py
+++ b/bob/devtools/scripts/graph.py
@@ -189,8 +189,7 @@ def graph(
         # use default
         condarc_options = yaml.load(BASE_CONDARC, Loader=yaml.FullLoader)
 
-    if "channels" not in condarc_options:
-        condarc_options["channels"] = channels
+    condarc_options["channels"] = channels
 
     logger.info(
         "Using the following channels during graph operation:\n  - %s",
diff --git a/bob/devtools/scripts/rebuild.py b/bob/devtools/scripts/rebuild.py
index 0521cfac9e6036eecdfee0148bc6291bed08141c..013a502522378a70daa3612d352ccbbd9e54c60e 100644
--- a/bob/devtools/scripts/rebuild.py
+++ b/bob/devtools/scripts/rebuild.py
@@ -197,8 +197,7 @@ def rebuild(
         # use default
         condarc_options = yaml.load(BASE_CONDARC, Loader=yaml.FullLoader)
 
-    if "channels" not in condarc_options:
-        condarc_options["channels"] = channels
+    condarc_options["channels"] = channels
 
     logger.info(
         "Using the following channels during (potential) build:\n  - %s",
diff --git a/bob/devtools/scripts/test.py b/bob/devtools/scripts/test.py
index 722f1a60226e6dbbeee824191eb382f643443260..482ac7b0915d081406d1dd7aaf85427459f2f354 100644
--- a/bob/devtools/scripts/test.py
+++ b/bob/devtools/scripts/test.py
@@ -168,18 +168,17 @@ def test(
         # use default
         condarc_options = yaml.load(BASE_CONDARC, Loader=yaml.FullLoader)
 
-    if "channels" not in condarc_options:
-        from ..bootstrap import get_channels
-
-        channels, _ = get_channels(
-            public=(not private),
-            stable=stable,
-            server=server,
-            intranet=ci,
-            group=group,
-            add_dependent_channels=True,
-        )
-        condarc_options["channels"] = channels
+    from ..bootstrap import get_channels
+
+    channels, _ = get_channels(
+        public=(not private),
+        stable=stable,
+        server=server,
+        intranet=ci,
+        group=group,
+        add_dependent_channels=True,
+    )
+    condarc_options["channels"] = channels
 
     logger.info(
         "Using the following channels during (potential) build:\n  - %s",