diff --git a/continuous_integration/home/coder/.local/bin/build-legate-conda b/continuous_integration/home/coder/.local/bin/build-legate-conda
index 5d3182938..dbff063c0 100755
--- a/continuous_integration/home/coder/.local/bin/build-legate-conda
+++ b/continuous_integration/home/coder/.local/bin/build-legate-conda
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ build_legate_conda_package() {
     CONFIGURE_UCX=true
     [ "${UCX_ENABLED:-}" = "OFF" ] && CONFIGURE_UCX=false
 
-    conda_build_args+=(--variants "{gpu_enabled:${GPU_ENABLED},python:${python_version},ucx_enabled:${UCX_ENABLED}}");
+    conda_build_args+=(--variants "{gpu_enabled:${GPU_ENABLED},python:${python_version},ucx_enabled:${CONFIGURE_UCX}}");
 
     rm -rf /tmp/legate;
     cp -ar ~/legate /tmp/legate;
diff --git a/continuous_integration/home/coder/.local/bin/run-test-or-analysis b/continuous_integration/home/coder/.local/bin/run-test-or-analysis
index f74079a2a..f57bba72d 100755
--- a/continuous_integration/home/coder/.local/bin/run-test-or-analysis
+++ b/continuous_integration/home/coder/.local/bin/run-test-or-analysis
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ run_test_or_analysis() {
     case "$1" in
         "unit")
             ucx_libs=
-            [ "${UCS_ENABLED:-}" = "ON" ] && usx_libs=ucx openmpi
+            [ "${UCX_ENABLED:-}" = "ON" ] && usx_libs=ucx openmpi
             echo "Executing unit tests..."
             mamba install -y -n "${DEFAULT_CONDA_ENV:-legate}" -c conda-forge pytest pytest-mock ipython jupyter_client $ucx_libs
             cd ~/legate/tests/unit