diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index f8ef195b85b7336fa9aed4ab0f22406d7fc3a346..a53744a7c2d37bacea03d251cb1da569828400c5 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ configure-linux:
   script:
     - mkdir -p build
     - cd build
-    - cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=g++-8  ..
+    - cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug  ..
     - echo "configure | ${CI_PROJECT_DIR}"
   stage: configure
   tags: