diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index d78f877a29e48fdcc97df8b59606bda2834d8880..82a613771165d9b73330a613c776de7f2aa14c36 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 variables:
-  BUILD_REF: $CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME-$CI_COMMIT_SHA
-  TEST_PACKAGE_NAME: clmctest-$BUILD_REF-.tar.gz
+  TEST_PACKAGE_NAME: clmctest-$CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME-$CI_COMMIT_SHA-.tar.gz
 
 stages:  
   - build
@@ -11,7 +10,7 @@ build:tests:
   stage: build
   script:
     - echo $BUILD_REF
-    - echo "$BUILD_REF" > clmctest/git-commit-ref  
+    - echo "$CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME-$CI_COMMIT_SHA" > clmctest/git-commit-ref  
     - python setup.py sdist --dist-dir=build
   artifacts:
     paths: