diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 943994ac57268b23e34d23cbd7ece7afdaf9682d..c298933cf18ab5757b8c79cf8025bb5310d4e77a 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -1037,7 +1037,7 @@ dnanexus:
         > dx.log
     - >
       jobID=$(cat dx.log | grep -oP "Job ID: \K.*")
-    - dx watch ${jobID} -auth-token ${dnanexus_authToken} --project-context-id ${dnanexus_workspace}
+    - dx watch ${jobID}
     - status=$(dx find executions --id ${jobID} --state failed --brief-auth-token ${dnanexus_authToken} --project-context-id ${dnanexus_workspace})
     - >
       if [ ${status} == "" ]