diff --git a/overlay/usr/bin/gitlab-ci-git-buildpackage b/overlay/usr/bin/gitlab-ci-git-buildpackage
index a30ba63..c09eef6 100755
--- a/overlay/usr/bin/gitlab-ci-git-buildpackage
+++ b/overlay/usr/bin/gitlab-ci-git-buildpackage
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ if [[ $debversion = *-* ]]; then
   else
       echo "no pristine-tar branch, trying uscan";
       apt_get_auto_install gnupg2 libwww-perl;
-      uscan --verbose --download-current-version --force-download --rename --skip-signature;
+      uscan --verbose --download-current-version --force-download --rename;
   fi
 else
   echo "building native package version $debversion"