diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 5ecf4c0f31..468e38a608 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@ before_script:
   - sudo apt-get install -qq python-dev gcc tesseract-ocr tesseract-ocr-deu unpaper ghostscript libjpeg-dev libpng-dev poppler-utils
   - mysql -u root -e 'create database mayan_edms;'
   - psql -c 'create database mayan_edms;' -U postgres
-variables:
-   - TEST_APPS: "acls authentication django_gpg document_indexing document_signatures documents dynamic_search folders lock_manager ocr permissions sources tags"
 stages:
   - build
   - test
@@ -23,6 +21,7 @@ job1:
 job2:
   stage: test
   script:
+  - export TEST_APPS="acls authentication django_gpg document_indexing document_signatures documents dynamic_search folders lock_manager ocr permissions sources tags"
   - coverage run manage.py test $TEST_APPS --settings=mayan.settings.testing.base
   - coverage run manage.py test $TEST_APPS --settings=mayan.settings.testing.travis.db_mysql
   - coverage run manage.py test $TEST_APPS --settings=mayan.settings.testing.travis.db_postgres