diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 5b8bbc1c75fd8eada639f67dbafe53556385acbe..79f0eaf3ffc326e0b098aab51c84ffb0b248bda0 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ building:
     - Rscript -e 'install.packages("remotes")'
     - Rscript -e 'install.packages("rcmdcheck")'
     - Rscript -e 'remotes::install_local(upgrade = "never")'
-    - R -e 'rcmdcheck::rcmdcheck(args = c("--no-manual", "--as-cran"), error_on = "warning", check_dir = "check")'
+    - R -e 'rcmdcheck::rcmdcheck(args = c("--no-manual"), error_on = "warning", check_dir = "check")'
 
 # To have the coverage percentage appear as a gitlab badge follow these
 # instructions: