diff --git a/ui/Makefile b/ui/Makefile
index d35ed161..a730afbc 100644
--- a/ui/Makefile
+++ b/ui/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 YARN?=yarn
-PELICANOPTS=-t mytheme
 
 BASEDIR=$(CURDIR)
 OUTPUTDIR=output