diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index c01d062082527185a5dd4e40a6fbb2f17b76edfe..0b70ac0e7e1766ac1fbf4203d5630f200dd7c63b 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -449,7 +449,7 @@ eic:
                    2>&1 | tee build.log
       ; do
         if grep "unknown blob" build.log ; then
-          BUILD_OPTIONS="--no-cache-filter spack,builder,staging,runtime ${BUILD_OPTIONS}" ;
+          BUILD_OPTIONS="--no-cache-filter spack,builder,runtime ${BUILD_OPTIONS}" ;
         else
           exit 1 ;
         fi ;