diff --git a/maintainer/CI/build_cmake.sh b/maintainer/CI/build_cmake.sh
index 5cf339b0c38..3726bf30ccb 100755
--- a/maintainer/CI/build_cmake.sh
+++ b/maintainer/CI/build_cmake.sh
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ if [[ ! -z ${with_coverage+x} ]]; then
   bash <(curl -s https://codecov.io/env) &> /dev/null;
 fi
 
-cmake_params="-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=$build_type -DPYTHON_EXECUTABLE=$(which python$python_version) -DWARNINGS_ARE_ERRORS=ON -DTEST_NP:INT=$check_procs $cmake_params -dWITH_SCAFACOS=on"
+cmake_params="-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=$build_type -DPYTHON_EXECUTABLE=$(which python$python_version) -DWARNINGS_ARE_ERRORS=ON -DTEST_NP:INT=$check_procs $cmake_params -DWITH_SCAFACOS=ON"
 cmake_params="$cmake_params -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS=$cxx_flags"
 cmake_params="$cmake_params -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/tmp/espresso-unit-tests"
 if $with_ccache; then