diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 55d3e86dd6..9b6c61e4db 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ schema validation:
     - git fetch https://gitlab.com/fdroid/fdroiddata.git
     - set -xe
     - app_ids=$(git diff --name-only --diff-filter=d FETCH_HEAD...HEAD "metadata/*.yml")
-    - if [ -n "$appids" ]; then
+    - if [ -n "$app_ids" ]; then
         for app_id in $app_ids; do
           ajv validate -s schemas/metadata.json -d "$app_id";
         done