diff --git a/ci/build_docs.sh b/ci/build_docs.sh
index e9f6af63e8..e756e67f3e 100755
--- a/ci/build_docs.sh
+++ b/ci/build_docs.sh
@@ -5,10 +5,8 @@ set -euo pipefail
 rapids-logger "Create test conda environment"
 . /opt/conda/etc/profile.d/conda.sh
 
-export RAPIDS_VERSION="$(rapids-version)"
-export RAPIDS_VERSION_MAJOR_MINOR="$(rapids-version-major-minor)"
+RAPIDS_VERSION_MAJOR_MINOR="$(rapids-version-major-minor)"
 export RAPIDS_VERSION_NUMBER="24.12"
-export RAPIDS_DOCS_DIR="$(mktemp -d)"
 
 rapids-dependency-file-generator \
   --output conda \
@@ -31,6 +29,8 @@ rapids-mamba-retry install \
   "cuml=${RAPIDS_VERSION_MAJOR_MINOR}" \
   "libcuml=${RAPIDS_VERSION_MAJOR_MINOR}"
 
+export RAPIDS_DOCS_DIR="$(mktemp -d)"
+
 rapids-logger "Build CPP docs"
 pushd cpp
 doxygen Doxyfile.in