diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 97821478e8aa6ab20ccc91078d07433f3f5a5332..7cf692a78c3b2360e5e046c77ce0420269a6645e 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -30,9 +30,6 @@ waves:
         - rm waves-master.tar.bz2
         - mv waves-master waves
         - cd waves
-        - echo ${GIT_CLONE_PATH}
-        - echo ${CI_PROJECT_DIR}/../waves
-        - pwd
         - mkdir build
         - cd build
         - cmake -Wno-dev -C ../CMake/disable-trilinos.cmake ..
@@ -43,7 +40,7 @@ format:
     stage: build
     script:
         - clang-format --version # we use clang-format-10 exclusively
-        - ${GIT_CLONE_PATH}/../waves/scripts/format_code.py
+        - ${CI_PROJECT_DIR}/../waves/scripts/format_code.py
         - mkdir -p patches
         - if git diff --patch --exit-code > patches/clang-format.patch; then echo "Clang format changed nothing"; else echo "Clang format found changes to make!"; false; fi
     artifacts:
@@ -61,7 +58,7 @@ build:
     script:
         - mkdir build
         - cd build
-        - cmake -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=${GIT_CLONE_PATH}/../waves -Wno-dev ..
+        - cmake -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=${CI_PROJECT_DIR}/../waves -Wno-dev ..
         - make -j $(nproc)
     artifacts:
         paths: