diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index ae65151bd33d0590175be29bc57e8c8d3b89fbe5..13f7dd3791b49cc02963113cb0cb9454a28dd92c 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ common:setup:
       if [[ "${COMMON_BENCH_VERSION}" == "" ]] ; then
         export COMMON_BENCH_VERSION="master" 
       fi
-        export COMMON_BENCH_VERSION="docs"  # temporary
       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: