diff --git a/images/.utils/gitlab-ci.yaml b/images/.utils/gitlab-ci.yaml
index b41b714159d10055f9bde21eacb7fdfa53a30b56..0a074f53f53c7491add087edc0f547de944ff2fc 100644
--- a/images/.utils/gitlab-ci.yaml
+++ b/images/.utils/gitlab-ci.yaml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ container-build:
       variables:
         EARTHLY_PUSH: "true"
         EARTHLY_SAVE_INLINE_CACHE: "true"
-        BUILD_ARGS: "${BUILD_ARGS} --latest=true"
+        BUILD_ARGS: "--latest=true"
       changes:
         paths:
           - images/**/*