diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 0068343a02c752c523307cc3984f9dc5feadb64f..2578bfd4063bfe971ca00e63bafe368f3db6f7ce 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ native_Debian_clang:
   script: &native_scr
     - pwd
     - export PYTHONPATH=$CI_PROJECT_DIR/build/lib
-    - export NOTEX=ON
     - mkdir build
     - cd build
     - cmake .. -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_LAUNCHER=ccache -DBA_PY_PACKAGE=ON #-DWERROR=ON
@@ -34,7 +33,6 @@ mac10_15:
     - echo PYTHONPATH1_FOLLOWS
     - echo $PYTHONPATH
     - export PYTHONPATH=$CI_PROJECT_DIR/build/lib:$PYTHONPATH
-    - export NOTEX=ON
     - export NOPLOT=ON
     - echo PYTHONPATH2_FOLLOWS
     - echo $PYTHONPATH
@@ -60,7 +58,6 @@ mac12_2:
     - echo PYTHONPATH1_FOLLOWS
     - echo $PYTHONPATH
     - export PYTHONPATH=$CI_PROJECT_DIR/build/lib:$PYTHONPATH
-    - export NOTEX=ON
     - export NOPLOT=ON
     - echo PYTHONPATH2_FOLLOWS
     - echo $PYTHONPATH
@@ -104,7 +101,6 @@ windows:
     - echo "# Pythonpath1 <$Env:PYTHONPATH>"
     - echo "# CI_PRJ_DIR <$Env:CI_PROJECT_DIR>"
     - $env:PYTHONPATH += "$CI_PROJECT_DIR/build/lib"
-    - $env:NOTEX += "ON"
     - echo "# Pythonpath2 <$Env:PYTHONPATH>"
     # list powershell properties
     - echo "# Path <$Env:Path>"
diff --git a/Wrap/Python/ba_plot.py b/Wrap/Python/ba_plot.py
index a997130c7cfac4447c65e6b342bf69ee30294df8..b887c7b11e43913637536a41a4fffe75723f0a1e 100644
--- a/Wrap/Python/ba_plot.py
+++ b/Wrap/Python/ba_plot.py
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ except Exception as e:
 
 # default values from environment variables
 cmap_default = os.environ['CMAP'] if 'CMAP' in os.environ else 'inferno'
-usetex_default = not 'NOTEX' in os.environ
+usetex_default = bool(os.environ['USETEX']) if 'USETEX' in os.environ else False
 doplot_default = not 'NOPLOT' in os.environ
 
 label_fontsize = 16