diff --git a/emci/constants.py b/emci/constants.py
index ee3c77578..882c28a38 100644
--- a/emci/constants.py
+++ b/emci/constants.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
 
 # rattler build related
-RATTLER_CONDA_BUILD_CONFIG_PATH = os.path.join(REPO_ROOT, "conda_build_config.yaml")
+RATTLER_CONDA_BUILD_CONFIG_PATH = os.path.join(REPO_ROOT, "variant.yaml")
 
 CONDA_PREFIX = os.environ.get("CONDA_PREFIX")
 if CONDA_PREFIX is None: