diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index a641915d74b8947c294aaaf022a8bb730cd1c1ec..72805d1f9d82762f0f16138e0399f4dcbc020e2a 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ variables:
   stage: step-A
   variables:
     XERCESC_VERSION: ${XERCESC_VERSION_BASE}
-    CMAKE_ARGS: -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=../install/xerces-c-${XERCESC_VERSION} # was: ${CMAKE_BASE_ARGS}
+    CMAKE_ARGS: ${CMAKE_BASE_ARGS}
   script:
     - pwd; ls
     - wget https://archive.apache.org/dist/xerces/c/3/sources/xerces-c-${XERCESC_VERSION}.tar.gz
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ variables:
     - ls ../
     - ls ../install
     - ls ../install/xerces-c-${XERCESC_VERSION}/
-    - cmake ${CMAKE_ARGS} -DGEANT4_INSTALL_DATA=ON -DGEANT4_USE_GDML=ON -DGEANT4_BUILD_MULTITHREADED=ON -DXERCESC_ROOT_DIR=../install/xerces-c-${XERCESC_VERSION}/ ../geant4 -DGEANT4_USE_SYSTEM_EXPAT=OFF
+    - cmake ${CMAKE_ARGS} -DGEANT4_INSTALL_DATA=ON -DGEANT4_USE_GDML=ON -DGEANT4_BUILD_MULTITHREADED=ON -DXERCESC_ROOT_DIR=../install ../geant4 -DGEANT4_USE_SYSTEM_EXPAT=OFF
     - make -j4
     - make install
   artifacts: