diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/ci.py b/lib/spack/spack/ci.py
index 55d311d6a500d23a71a0a7563013c346072a473a..3c6812041ffa94d6ad43779e55e32a29e5fc4223 100644
--- a/lib/spack/spack/ci.py
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/ci.py
@@ -1043,17 +1043,10 @@ def copy_stage_logs_to_artifacts(job_spec, job_log_dir):
         tty.debug('job package: {0}'.format(job_pkg))
         stage_dir = job_pkg.stage.path
         tty.debug('stage dir: {0}'.format(stage_dir))
-        build_env_src = os.path.join(stage_dir, 'spack-build-env.txt')
         build_out_src = os.path.join(stage_dir, 'spack-build-out.txt')
-        build_env_dst = os.path.join(
-            job_log_dir, 'spack-build-env.txt')
         build_out_dst = os.path.join(
             job_log_dir, 'spack-build-out.txt')
-        tty.debug('Copying logs to artifacts:')
-        tty.debug('  1: {0} -> {1}'.format(
-            build_env_src, build_env_dst))
-        shutil.copyfile(build_env_src, build_env_dst)
-        tty.debug('  2: {0} -> {1}'.format(
+        tty.debug('Copying build log ({0}) to artifacts ({1})'.format(
             build_out_src, build_out_dst))
         shutil.copyfile(build_out_src, build_out_dst)
     except Exception as inst:
diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/test/cmd/ci.py b/lib/spack/spack/test/cmd/ci.py
index 2afe43cce5aaa4259a70659dda9bbc39e78f5426..afa7c7fc07e0e6dbf021a8a08f95d00cee268fec 100644
--- a/lib/spack/spack/test/cmd/ci.py
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/test/cmd/ci.py
@@ -751,7 +751,6 @@ def test_push_mirror_contents(tmpdir, mutable_mock_env_path, env_deactivate,
 
             logs_dir_list = os.listdir(logs_dir.strpath)
 
-            assert('spack-build-env.txt' in logs_dir_list)
             assert('spack-build-out.txt' in logs_dir_list)
 
             # Also just make sure that if something goes wrong with the