diff --git a/bioconda_utils/build.py b/bioconda_utils/build.py
index 9ba35d7495..358db668f3 100644
--- a/bioconda_utils/build.py
+++ b/bioconda_utils/build.py
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ def build(recipe: str, pkg_paths: List[str] = None,
           docker_builder: docker_utils.RecipeBuilder = None,
           raise_error: bool = False,
           linter=None,
-          mulled_conda_image: str = pkg_test.MULLED_CONDA_IMAGE,
+          mulled_conda_image: str = pkg_test.CREATE_ENV_IMAGE,
           record_build_failure: bool = False,
           dag: Optional[nx.DiGraph] = None,
           skiplist_leafs: bool = False,
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ def build_recipes(recipe_folder: str, config_path: str, recipes: List[str],
                   n_workers: int = 1,
                   worker_offset: int = 0,
                   keep_old_work: bool = False,
-                  mulled_conda_image: str = pkg_test.MULLED_CONDA_IMAGE,
+                  mulled_conda_image: str = pkg_test.CREATE_ENV_IMAGE,
                   record_build_failures: bool = False,
                   skiplist_leafs: bool = False,
                   live_logs: bool = True,
diff --git a/bioconda_utils/cli.py b/bioconda_utils/cli.py
index 0414d3548a..eaed2c40f8 100644
--- a/bioconda_utils/cli.py
+++ b/bioconda_utils/cli.py
@@ -445,7 +445,7 @@ def build(recipe_folder, config, packages="*", git_range=None, testonly=False,
           pkg_dir=None, anaconda_upload=False, mulled_upload_target=None,
           build_image=False, keep_image=False, lint=False, lint_exclude=None,
           check_channels=None, n_workers=1, worker_offset=0, keep_old_work=False,
-          mulled_conda_image=pkg_test.MULLED_CONDA_IMAGE,
+          mulled_conda_image=pkg_test.CREATE_ENV_IMAGE,
           docker_base_image=None,
           record_build_failures=False,
           skiplist_leafs=False,