diff --git a/bob/devtools/data/gitlab-ci/nightlies.yaml b/bob/devtools/data/gitlab-ci/nightlies.yaml
index 54fda8dc20fc90889093301e7f47b9fc74fb8781..92ca0c3e8a56b65d139a7c50d16e8a49e63a20a1 100644
--- a/bob/devtools/data/gitlab-ci/nightlies.yaml
+++ b/bob/devtools/data/gitlab-ci/nightlies.yaml
@@ -20,8 +20,6 @@ stages:
 .bootstrap:
   before_script:
     - "[ -r ~/.condarc ] && rm -fv ~/.condarc"
-    # remove ~/.conda if it exists unless it's a mac machine
-    - "[ -d ~/.conda ] && [ ! -d /Applications ] && rm -rfv ~/.conda"
     - curl --silent "${BOOTSTRAP}" --output "bootstrap.py"
     - python3 bootstrap.py -vv channel base
     - source ${CONDA_ROOT}/etc/profile.d/conda.sh
diff --git a/bob/devtools/data/gitlab-ci/noarch.yaml b/bob/devtools/data/gitlab-ci/noarch.yaml
index 4290461d12bbb4228df0aad2c5fba0cd97d1bdc9..7e86d794e5d02fa471cc8f9188a11da7ab96b7bd 100644
--- a/bob/devtools/data/gitlab-ci/noarch.yaml
+++ b/bob/devtools/data/gitlab-ci/noarch.yaml
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@ stages:
 .bootstrap:
   before_script:
     - "[ -r ~/.condarc ] && rm -fv ~/.condarc"
-    # remove ~/.conda if it exists unless it's a mac machine
-    - "[ -d ~/.conda ] && [ ! -d /Applications ] && rm -rfv ~/.conda"
     - curl --silent "${BOOTSTRAP}" --output "bootstrap.py"
     - python3 bootstrap.py -vv channel bdt
     - source ${CONDA_ROOT}/etc/profile.d/conda.sh
diff --git a/bob/devtools/data/gitlab-ci/single-package.yaml b/bob/devtools/data/gitlab-ci/single-package.yaml
index 81ea1b8e7fe0e5e12a1678346edcda4322ca41df..89a9a28a4fcdd6e101031c100233719ce571c7fe 100644
--- a/bob/devtools/data/gitlab-ci/single-package.yaml
+++ b/bob/devtools/data/gitlab-ci/single-package.yaml
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@ stages:
 .bootstrap:
   before_script:
     - "[ -r ~/.condarc ] && rm -fv ~/.condarc"
-    # remove ~/.conda if it exists unless it's a mac machine
-    - "[ -d ~/.conda ] && [ ! -d /Applications ] && rm -rfv ~/.conda"
     - curl --silent "${BOOTSTRAP}" --output "bootstrap.py"
     - python3 bootstrap.py -vv channel bdt
     - source ${CONDA_ROOT}/etc/profile.d/conda.sh