diff --git a/bob/devtools/bootstrap.py b/bob/devtools/bootstrap.py
index 135d72eefc11d9481c8da22bf389f1fd003e0a09..a5d2b0adad65b3433e36beca0024cccde328835c 100644
--- a/bob/devtools/bootstrap.py
+++ b/bob/devtools/bootstrap.py
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 _BASE_CONDARC = """\
 default_channels: #!final
   - https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/main
-  - https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/free
 add_pip_as_python_dependency: false #!final
 always_yes: true #!final
 quiet: true #!final