diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 5ad1c23fcca5cd69c9a92e1d0d93e566fd918c26..5ca1868a8c990ae3ac798d8e8059ffe2eba75858 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ before_script:
   - apt-get -qq update 
   - apt-cache search libmariadb
   - apt-get install -y python3-virtualenv virtualenv redis-server redis-tools libev4 libev-dev # mariadb-server libmariadbclient-dev
-  - /usr/bin/virtualenv venv --python=python3
+  - /usr/bin/virtualenv venv
   - . venv/bin/activate
   - python3 -V
   - pip3 install -r requirements.txt