diff --git a/mk/common.mk b/mk/common.mk
index 77ce5396..1b9aa713 100644
--- a/mk/common.mk
+++ b/mk/common.mk
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ SHELL := /bin/bash
 
 # Pass this to sub-make
 export GO111MODULE := on
-export CI
+#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 883dce89..25bf1466 100644
--- a/mk/test.mk
+++ b/mk/test.mk
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ check-mockgen:
 realtest: _mocks ; go test $(TEST_ARGS) $(GOPKG)
 .PHONY: realtest
 
-ifeq ($(CI),true)
+ifdef CITEST
 	COPYRIGHT_FLAGS += --no-year-check
 endif