diff --git a/ci/build_docs.sh b/ci/build_docs.sh
index 016be4b6..38936c08 100755
--- a/ci/build_docs.sh
+++ b/ci/build_docs.sh
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@
 
 set -euo pipefail
 
-export RAPIDS_VERSION_NUMBER="$(rapids-version-major-minor)"
-
 rapids-logger "Create test conda environment"
 . /opt/conda/etc/profile.d/conda.sh