diff --git a/services/clsi/buildscript.txt b/services/clsi/buildscript.txt
index acc98e3e45..c065222480 100644
--- a/services/clsi/buildscript.txt
+++ b/services/clsi/buildscript.txt
@@ -4,6 +4,6 @@ clsi
 --acceptance-creds=None
 --dependencies=mongo,redis
 --docker-repos=gcr.io/overleaf-ops
---env-pass-through=
+--env-pass-through=TEXLIVE_IMAGE
 --build-target=docker
 --script-version=1.1.23
diff --git a/services/clsi/docker-compose.ci.yml b/services/clsi/docker-compose.ci.yml
index 408d88bb24..55894f781f 100644
--- a/services/clsi/docker-compose.ci.yml
+++ b/services/clsi/docker-compose.ci.yml
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ services:
       POSTGRES_HOST: postgres
       MOCHA_GREP: ${MOCHA_GREP}
       NODE_ENV: test
+      TEXLIVE_IMAGE:
     depends_on:
       - mongo
       - redis