diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 58db051142dcca39388325532def8b12ba333d2f..7fe8c1fa0e248c98fdcfbbd65a0aa79738292674 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ build_image:
     - cd build
     - set +e && source ${ATLAS_LOCAL_ROOT_BASE}/user/atlasLocalSetup.sh; set -e
     - set +e && asetup --input=../../calypso/asetup.faser master,latest,Athena; set -e
-    - cmake  -DATLAS_PYTHON_CHECKER="" ../../calypso
+    - cmake ../../calypso
     - make -j
   artifacts:
     paths:
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5eaf819455b2824cf771ceaad3a0b2bd9db9b62b..d2e2cc4cfdd11a35571ea372d32f1a3dec7d61af 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -15,8 +15,6 @@ asetup --input=calypso/asetup.faser master,latest,Athena
 mkdir build
 cd build
 #build calypso
-cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=../run -DATLAS_PYTHON_CHECKER="" ../calypso ; make ; make install
-
-The ATLAS_PYTHON_CHECKER parameter to the cmake command is a temporary workaround for a problem with Flake
+cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=../run ../calypso ; make ; make install
 
 It can be convenient to alias the "asetup --input=calypso/asetup.faser" to something like "fsetup"
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