diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 0538d75d..8b55d08a 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ script:
   - PYTHON=/usr/bin/python dbus_ci_parallel=2 dbus_ci_sudo=yes ./tools/ci-build.sh
 
 env:
-  - dbus_ci_variant=release
+  - dbus_ci_variant=production
   - dbus_ci_variant=debug
   - dbus_ci_variant=reduced
   - dbus_ci_variant=legacy
diff --git a/tools/ci-build.sh b/tools/ci-build.sh
index a2abc0b5..c73d2bc2 100755
--- a/tools/ci-build.sh
+++ b/tools/ci-build.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ set -e
 set -x
 
 if [ -z "$dbus_ci_variant" ]; then
-	dbus_ci_variant=release
+	dbus_ci_variant=production
 fi
 
 if [ -z "$dbus_ci_host" ]; then
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ case "$dbus_ci_buildsys" in
 				# an older system or one that does not have
 				# all the optional libraries.
 				set _ "$@"
-				# No LSMs (the release build has both)
+				# No LSMs (the production build has both)
 				set "$@" --disable-selinux --disable-apparmor
 				# No inotify (we will use dnotify)
 				set "$@" --disable-inotify