diff --git a/dev-tools/release/utils/check_release.py b/dev-tools/release/utils/check_release.py
index fc0119031b21f4d6fabf65cf2db3b69de96f11ef..716334040688aa33f851503a42d0b14c41e78472 100644
--- a/dev-tools/release/utils/check_release.py
+++ b/dev-tools/release/utils/check_release.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ def check_tarball():
     run_command(cmd)
     cmd = "cd %s; mkdir build; mkdir installed" % get_checktarball_dir()
     run_command(cmd)
-    cmd = "cd %s/build; cmake -DBORNAGAIN_GUI=ON -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=../installed ../BornAgain-%s; make -j8; make check; make install" % (get_checktarball_dir(), get_version())
+    cmd = "cd %s/build; cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=../installed ../BornAgain-%s; make -j8; make check; make install" % (get_checktarball_dir(), get_version())
     run_command(cmd)
     cmd = "cd %s/installed/lib; python -c \"from libBornAgainCore import *; print GetVersionNumber()\"" % (get_checktarball_dir())
     print cmd
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ def check_master_branch():
     run_command(cmd)
     cmd = "cd %s; git clone git://apps.jcns.fz-juelich.de/BornAgain.git " % get_checkmaster_dir()
     run_command(cmd)
-    cmd = "cd %s/build; cmake -DBORNAGAIN_GUI=ON -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=../installed ../BornAgain; make -j8; make check; make install" % (get_checkmaster_dir())
+    cmd = "cd %s/build; cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=../installed ../BornAgain; make -j8; make check; make install" % (get_checkmaster_dir())
     run_command(cmd)
     cmd = "source %s/installed/bin/thisbornagain.sh; python -c \"from libBornAgainCore import *; print GetVersionNumber()\"" % (get_checkmaster_dir())
     print cmd
diff --git a/dev-tools/release/utils/prepare_release.py b/dev-tools/release/utils/prepare_release.py
index 194d0b4456d9f7a7088916fee88387cf5e5627a7..834a3014a6ea9808812bd320f7529fea8650f721 100644
--- a/dev-tools/release/utils/prepare_release.py
+++ b/dev-tools/release/utils/prepare_release.py
@@ -34,7 +34,8 @@ def download_from_app_server():
 
 def cmake_release():
     print "\nRunning cmake ...", get_build_dir()
-    cmd = "cd %s; cmake -DBORNAGAIN_USERMANUAL=ON -DBORNAGAIN_RELEASE=ON -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=%s %s" % (get_build_dir(), get_install_dir(), get_source_dir() )
+    # cmd = "cd %s; cmake -DBORNAGAIN_USERMANUAL=ON -DBORNAGAIN_RELEASE=ON -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=%s %s" % (get_build_dir(), get_install_dir(), get_source_dir() )
+    cmd = "cd %s; cmake  -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=%s %s" % (get_build_dir(), get_install_dir(), get_source_dir() )
     run_command(cmd)