diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index cdfe93613fbdd..6e789d0aafdb4 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -1,10 +1,6 @@
 version: 2
 jobs:
-
-  # --------------------------------------------------------------------------
-  # 1. py36_locale
-  # --------------------------------------------------------------------------
-  py36_locale:
+  build:
     docker:
       - image: continuumio/miniconda:latest
       # databases configuration
@@ -34,9 +30,3 @@ jobs:
       - run:
           name: test
           command: ./ci/circle/run_circle.sh  --skip-slow --skip-network
-
-workflows:
-  version: 2
-  build_and_test:
-    jobs:
-      - py36_locale