diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 03f42bdf2cb7f198dd5d749137509c1eedfb8df4..8ddc214d0e2cd9bba0d282b6b06dac14c14b1347 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -18,8 +18,7 @@ minimal-windows:
   script:
     - echo $0
     - source /cygdrive/c/Users/build/Miniconda3/Scripts/activate
-    - /cygdrive/c/Users/build/Miniconda3/Scripts/conda env list
-    - /cygdrive/c/Users/build/Miniconda3/Scripts/conda activate pystencils_dev
+    - source activate pystencils_dev
     - /cygdrive/c/Users/build/Miniconda3/Scripts/conda list
     - grep sympy setup.py
     - grep -Eo 'sympy[>=]+[0-9\.]+' setup.py | sed 's/>/=/g'