diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 8f2dc60c314334e009784d991c57d19d0b3cb5d7..9a3563cbc123d34a2cfcaaec4b5d37aaac43959f 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ common:setup:
       if [[ "${COMMON_BENCH_VERSION}" == "" ]] ; then
         export COMMON_BENCH_VERSION="master" 
       fi
-        export COMMON_BENCH_VERSION="docs" 
       echo "COMMON_BENCH_VERSION = ${COMMON_BENCH_VERSION}" 
       git clone -b "${COMMON_BENCH_VERSION}" https://eicweb.phy.anl.gov/EIC/benchmarks/common_bench.git setup 
   script: