diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index b0825bfc741f4d67b38ee054bc34033c41553842..9b52a92ebd6bc340610d2d25216c199f06ef255a 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -1,125 +1,43 @@
-# This build file is defined in two parts: 1) a generic set of instructions you
-# probably **don't** need to change and 2) a part you may have to tune to your
-# project. It heavily uses template features from YAML to help you in only
-# changing a minimal part of it and avoid code duplication to a maximum while
-# still providing a nice pipeline display on your package.
+# This build file heavily uses template features from YAML so it is generic
+# enough for any Bob project. Don't modify it unless you know what you're
+# doing.
 
 
-# 1) Generic instructions (only change if you know what you're doing)
-# -------------------------------------------------------------------
-
 # Definition of our build pipeline
 stages:
-  - build-bob
-
-
-# Global variables
-variables:
-  CONDA_PREFIX: env
+  - buildbob
 
+# ---------
+# Templates
+# ---------
 
 # Template for the build stage
 # Needs to run on all supported architectures, platforms and python versions
-.build_bob: &build_job
-  stage: build-bob
+.build_template: &build_job
+  stage: buildbob
   before_script:
-   - git clean -ffdx
-   - chmod 755 ci/install.sh
-   - ./ci/install.sh ci #updates
-   - ./ci/before_build.sh 0
+    - git clean -ffdx
+    - chmod 755 ci/install.sh
+    - ./ci/install.sh ci #updates
+    - ./ci/before_build.sh 0
   script:
-   - ./ci/build.sh
+    - ./ci/build.sh buildout-bob.cfg
   after_script:
-   - ./ci/after_build.sh
+    - ./ci/after_build.sh
   artifacts:
-    expire_in: 1 day
+    expire_in: 1 week
     paths:
       - dist/
 
 
-# Template for building on a Linux machine
-.build_linux_template: &linux_build_job
-  <<: *build_job
-  variables: &linux_build_variables
-    <<: *build_variables
-    CONDA_FOLDER: "/local/conda"
-    CFLAGS: "-D_GLIBCXX_USE_CXX11_ABI=0 -coverage"
-    CXXFLAGS: "-D_GLIBCXX_USE_CXX11_ABI=0 -coverage"
-
-
-# Template for building on a Mac OSX machine
-.build_mac_template: &macosx_build_job
-  <<: *build_job
-  variables: &macosx_build_variables
-    <<: *build_variables
-    CONDA_FOLDER: "/opt/conda"
-    MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET: "10.9"
-    CFLAGS: "-pthread -coverage"
-    CXXFLAGS: "-pthread -coverage"
-    LDFLAGS: "-lpthread"
-
-
+# -------------
+# Build Targets
+# -------------
 
-
-# 2) Package specific instructions (you may tune this if needed)
-# --------------------------------------------------------------
-
-# Linux + Python 2.7: Builds and tests
+# Linux + Python 2.7: Builds, tests, uploads wheel and deploys (if needed)
 build_linux_27:
-  <<: *linux_build_job
+  <<: *build_job
   variables: &linux_27_build_variables
-    <<: *linux_build_variables
-    PYTHON_VER: "2.7"
-    WHEEL_TAG: "py27"
+    PYTHON_VERSION: "2.7"
   tags:
     - conda-linux
-
-# Linux + Python 3.4: Builds and tests
-build_linux_34:
-  <<: *linux_build_job
-  variables: &linux_34_build_variables
-    <<: *linux_build_variables
-    PYTHON_VER: "3.4"
-    WHEEL_TAG: "py3"
-  tags:
-    - conda-linux
-
-# Linux + Python 3.5: Builds and tests
-build_linux_35:
-  <<: *linux_build_job
-  variables: &linux_35_build_variables
-    <<: *linux_build_variables
-    PYTHON_VER: "3.5"
-    WHEEL_TAG: "py3"
-  tags:
-    - conda-linux
-
-# Mac OSX + Python 2.7: Builds, tests and uploads the wheel
-build_macosx_27:
-  <<: *macosx_build_job
-  variables: &macosx_27_build_variables
-    <<: *macosx_build_variables
-    PYTHON_VER: "2.7"
-    WHEEL_TAG: "py27"    
-  tags:
-    - conda-macosx
-
-# Mac OSX + Python 3.4: Builds and tests
-build_macosx_34:
-  <<: *macosx_build_job
-  variables: &macosx_34_build_variables
-    <<: *macosx_build_variables
-    PYTHON_VER: "3.4"
-    WHEEL_TAG: "py3"
-  tags:
-    - conda-macosx
-
-# Mac OSX + Python 3.5: Builds, tests, uploads the wheel and the latest docs
-build_macosx_35:
-  <<: *macosx_build_job
-  variables: &macosx_35_build_variables
-    <<: *macosx_build_variables
-    PYTHON_VER: "3.5"
-    WHEEL_TAG: "py3"
-  tags:
-    - conda-macosx
diff --git a/ci/build.sh b/ci/build.sh
index 32ac88cac0748f64b70dce4d6a6a987c7967d81b..7d0ae3e190dfe7681c4dec2bd0962e1d7c0e54bf 100644
--- a/ci/build.sh
+++ b/ci/build.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 source $(dirname ${0})/functions.sh
 
-run_cmd ./bin/buildout
+run_cmd ./bin/buildout -c ${1}
 
 if [ -x ./bin/bob_dbmanage.py ]; then
   run_cmd ./bin/bob_dbmanage.py all download --force;