diff --git a/conan-install.sh b/conan-install.sh
index dbf9200e69a2f12affb4d51ca4f24556422ad83b..4e3ed734c347199e5ce05e76fd3fbaf5803d923c 100755
--- a/conan-install.sh
+++ b/conan-install.sh
@@ -9,6 +9,5 @@ if ! conan profile show corsika8 >/dev/null 2>/dev/null; then
     conan profile update settings.compiler.libcxx=libstdc++11 corsika8
   fi
 fi
-# force rebuild of cubicinterpolation by removing it first. (see discussion in MR509)
-conan remove cubicinterpolation/* --force
-conan install -pr corsika8 --build=missing ${DIR}
+# force rebuild of cubicinterpolation (see discussion in MR509)
+conan install -pr corsika8 --build=missing --build=cubicinterpolation ${DIR}