diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index a09f0dda2f9b4dbe6837e799aac0bbf1b741a401..7c8933e4a83c854dcee537489d55fbeae3f9a95d 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -78,7 +78,6 @@ build_macosx_36:
     - source ${CONDA_ROOT}/etc/profile.d/conda.sh
     - conda activate myenv
     - bdt --help
-    - bdt ci deploy
   dependencies:
     - build_linux_36
     - build_macosx_36
diff --git a/ci/bootstrap.sh b/ci/bootstrap.sh
index 269594b5dba6ff17930ea52b1a7bcc9a5389ca74..5ea7bf111a0086ac23028ea0da40a5aba6ea58a8 100755
--- a/ci/bootstrap.sh
+++ b/ci/bootstrap.sh
@@ -135,6 +135,7 @@ if [ "${1}" == "build" ]; then
 elif [ "${1}" == "local" ]; then
   run_cmd ${CONDA_ROOT}/bin/conda index ${CONDA_ROOT}/conda-bld
   CONDA_CLI_CHANNELS="-c ${CONDA_ROOT}/conda-bld ${CONDA_CLI_CHANNELS}"
+  run_cmd ls -l ${CONDA_ROOT}/conda-bld/
   run_cmd ${CONDA_ROOT}/bin/conda create -n "${2}" --override-channels ${CONDA_CLI_CHANNELS} bob.devtools
 elif [ "${1}" == "beta" ] || [ "${1}" == "stable" ]; then
   run_cmd ${CONDA_ROOT}/bin/conda create -n "${2}" --override-channels ${CONDA_CLI_CHANNELS} bob.devtools
diff --git a/ci/deploy.sh b/ci/deploy.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index afbe9a72d094fec2cf211ff8fcde5012e5e4111b..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/ci/deploy.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-# Wed Jan  9 16:48:57 CET 2019
-
-deploy_conda_packages ${CONDA_CHANNELS[0]} ${CI_PROJECT_NAME}
-
-# upload the docs from the sphinx folder (usually an artifact of Linux Python
-# 3.6 builds)
-for folder in "${DOC_UPLOADS[@]}"; do
-  dav_upload_folder sphinx "${folder}"
-done