diff --git a/bob/devtools/scripts/ci.py b/bob/devtools/scripts/ci.py
index 05cd57d5b7a54a7d1d8675f1c99b8a5e84ad9449..14ec8186bc12cc49165cda22b2cd45a12f5f394a 100644
--- a/bob/devtools/scripts/ci.py
+++ b/bob/devtools/scripts/ci.py
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ def base_build(order, dry_run):
       # ignore - not a conda package
       continue
     base_build(SERVER, True, recipe, CONDA_BUILD_CONFIG,
-        os.environ['PYTHON_VERSION'], args.python_version, condarc_options)
+        os.environ['PYTHON_VERSION'], condarc_options)
 
 
 @ci.command(epilog='''