diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 03708abfd493583db3bbf14cb9a9fde4b7e67594..7cb789893110359cf05705be047486fdd128a410 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -94,8 +94,8 @@ variables:
     - cd build
     - echo "CMAKE_ARGS - ${CMAKE_ARGS}"
     - echo "CMAKE_EXTRA_FLAGS - ${CMAKE_EXTRA_FLAGS}"
-    # - cmake ${CMAKE_ARGS} ${CMAKE_EXTRA_FLAGS} ..
-    - cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=../install -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=../dependencies-install -DGEOMODEL_BUILD_VISUALIZATION=TRUE -DGEOMODEL_USE_BUILTIN_JSON=TRUE -DGEOMODEL_USE_BUILTIN_XERCESC=TRUE ..
+    - cmake ${CMAKE_ARGS} ${CMAKE_EXTRA_FLAGS} ..
+    # - cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=../install -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=../dependencies-install -DGEOMODEL_BUILD_VISUALIZATION=TRUE -DGEOMODEL_USE_BUILTIN_JSON=TRUE -DGEOMODEL_USE_BUILTIN_XERCESC=TRUE ..
     - cmake --build . -- -j2 # using too many threads will cause weird compilation errors on the Ubuntu docker images...
     - cmake --build . -- install
     - pwd; ls # CI debug only
@@ -160,6 +160,6 @@ ubuntu-geomodeL-visualization-builtinNlohmannXercesC:
   <<: *geomodel-job
   needs: ["ubuntu-coin", "ubuntu-soqt"]
   stage: step-C
-  # variables:
-  #   CMAKE_ARGS: -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=../install -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=../dependencies-install
-  #   CMAKE_EXTRA_FLAGS: -DGEOMODEL_BUILD_VISUALIZATION=TRUE -DGEOMODEL_USE_BUILTIN_JSON=TRUE -DGEOMODEL_USE_BUILTIN_XERCESC=TRUE
+  variables:
+    CMAKE_ARGS: -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=../install -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=../dependencies-install
+    CMAKE_EXTRA_FLAGS: -DGEOMODEL_BUILD_VISUALIZATION=TRUE -DGEOMODEL_USE_BUILTIN_JSON=TRUE -DGEOMODEL_USE_BUILTIN_XERCESC=TRUE