diff --git a/ci/build_cpp.sh b/ci/build_cpp.sh
index 2778c2a7d7..ede11cad4f 100755
--- a/ci/build_cpp.sh
+++ b/ci/build_cpp.sh
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 set -euo pipefail
 
 rapids-configure-conda-channels
+conda config --system --remove channels rapidsai
 
 source rapids-configure-sccache
 
diff --git a/ci/build_python.sh b/ci/build_python.sh
index a8b76269ae..33d3dc531c 100755
--- a/ci/build_python.sh
+++ b/ci/build_python.sh
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 set -euo pipefail
 
 rapids-configure-conda-channels
+conda config --system --remove channels rapidsai
 
 source rapids-configure-sccache