diff --git a/mk/common.mk b/mk/common.mk
index c174a88e..387bd24c 100644
--- a/mk/common.mk
+++ b/mk/common.mk
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ SHELL := /bin/bash
 
 # Pass this to sub-make
 export GO111MODULE := on
-export CITEST
 
 # Used to set the ServerVersion reported by  services
 VERSION_FROM_GIT := $(shell git describe --tags --exact-match 2>/dev/null || echo -n "commit-$(shell git rev-parse --revs-only --short HEAD)")
diff --git a/mk/test.mk b/mk/test.mk
index 25bf1466..73e566f2 100644
--- a/mk/test.mk
+++ b/mk/test.mk
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
 TEST_ARGS ?= -v -cover -race
 MOCKGEN := $(shell go env GOPATH)/bin/mockgen
-CI?=false
+COPYRIGHT_FLAGS ?= 
 
 define MOCK_template
 mock_$(1): $(1)
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ ifdef CITEST
 	COPYRIGHT_FLAGS += --no-year-check
 endif
 
-checkcopyrights: ; env; python3 $(THIS_DIR)../scripts/check-copyright $(COPYRIGHT_FLAGS) .
+checkcopyrights: ; python3 $(THIS_DIR)../scripts/check-copyright $(COPYRIGHT_FLAGS) .
 .PHONY: checkcopyrights
 
 CLEANFILES += $(MOCK_FILES)