diff --git a/src/freedombone-image b/src/freedombone-image
index 0d86232befa681fde586eaaff1a2549f2032e320..c702cdf6598b9f8c16e242b4146c66cce8ca6de2 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-image
+++ b/src/freedombone-image
@@ -71,7 +71,6 @@ MAKEFILE=${PROJECT_NAME}-image-makefile
 IMAGE_SIZE=7.9G
 IMAGE_SIZE_SPECIFIED=
 IMAGE_NAME='full'
-BUILD_WITHIN_CI='no'
 USERNAME="$USER"
 PASSWORD=
 
@@ -343,10 +342,6 @@ do
             shift
             BUILD_LOG="$1"
             ;;
-        --continuous-integration)
-            shift
-            BUILD_WITHIN_CI='yes'
-            ;;
         -u|--user|--username)
             shift
             USERNAME="$1"
@@ -656,8 +651,7 @@ make "$IMAGE_TYPE" \
      EXTERNAL_DRIVE="$EXTERNAL_DRIVE" \
      CONTINUOUS_INTEGRATION="$CONTINUOUS_INTEGRATION" \
      LOCAL_NAME="$LOCAL_NAME" \
-     BUILD_LOG="$BUILD_LOG" \
-     BUILD_WITHIN_CI="$BUILD_WITHIN_CI"
+     BUILD_LOG="$BUILD_LOG"
 
 # shellcheck disable=SC2181
 if [ ! "$?" = "0" ]; then
diff --git a/src/freedombone-image-make b/src/freedombone-image-make
index 7fb2805f1722a3ae416eba1e1b164d9d90772ff1..ccb3bfd97381cc9d71b75b16273339bd4eaba730 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-image-make
+++ b/src/freedombone-image-make
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ if [ ! "$BUILD_LOG" ]; then
 fi
 
 # append continuous integration option
-if [[ "$BUILD_WITHIN_CI" == 'y'* ]]; then
+if [[ "$CONTINUOUS_INTEGRATION" == 'y'* ]]; then
     extra_opts="$extra_opts\
  --continuous-integration"
 fi