diff --git a/.docker/Dockerfile b/.docker/Dockerfile
index 29fc362fd3a753a342a213900572324b3d547888..6472d2e582138e8d2aef250b93cddf71d00fd0c4 100644
--- a/.docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/.docker/Dockerfile
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ RUN apt-get install -y openjdk-11-jdk-headless
 # build and run tests
 CMD mkdir build && \
     cd build && \
-    cmake -D CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=/usr/local/lib/libcaosdb/ .. && \
+    cmake .. && \
     cmake --build . && \
     /wait-for-it.sh caosdb-server:10443 -t 500 -- \
     ctest
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 6d2a62d4bef308f6467af25fa52a97778ed6ec6c..b67a002de9d90373c7c60fa0299205811546cdcc 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ build-test:
     - echo $PWD
     - mkdir build
     - cd build
-    - cmake -D CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=/usr/local/lib/libcaosdb/ ..
+    - cmake ..
     - cmake --build .