diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 2f4b2ccbc8c3539689a8893810406891ca4e8020..0b3e7b655d7c9cfcf9f029e5851c2e2c98477064 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ mypy:
     - >
       if [ ! -z "$FLIST" ];
       then
-        mypy --py2 --follow-imports=skip --ignore-missing-imports $FLIST;
+        mypy --follow-imports=skip --ignore-missing-imports $FLIST;
       else
         echo "No files to lint"
         true;