diff --git a/bob/devtools/scripts/ci.py b/bob/devtools/scripts/ci.py
index 14ec8186bc12cc49165cda22b2cd45a12f5f394a..2fb24dbb693026a9cabf7e5bc34ef05a5bc51a3d 100644
--- a/bob/devtools/scripts/ci.py
+++ b/bob/devtools/scripts/ci.py
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ def base_build(order, dry_run):
     if not os.path.exists(os.path.join(recipe, 'meta.yaml')):
       # ignore - not a conda package
       continue
-    base_build(SERVER, True, recipe, CONDA_BUILD_CONFIG,
+    _build(SERVER, True, recipe, CONDA_BUILD_CONFIG,
         os.environ['PYTHON_VERSION'], condarc_options)