diff --git a/ci/build_wheel.sh b/ci/build_wheel.sh
index be97d837..b8169511 100755
--- a/ci/build_wheel.sh
+++ b/ci/build_wheel.sh
@@ -47,4 +47,4 @@ cd "${package_dir}"
 
 python -m pip wheel . -w dist -vvv --no-deps --disable-pip-version-check
 
-RAPIDS_PY_WHEEL_NAME="${package_name}_${RAPIDS_PY_CUDA_SUFFIX}" rapids-upload-wheels-to-s3 dist
+RAPIDS_PY_WHEEL_NAME="${package_name}_${RAPIDS_PY_CUDA_SUFFIX}" RAPIDS_PY_WHEEL_PURE="1" rapids-upload-wheels-to-s3 dist
diff --git a/ci/test_wheel.sh b/ci/test_wheel.sh
index 5087d221..c1253fe9 100755
--- a/ci/test_wheel.sh
+++ b/ci/test_wheel.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 set -eou pipefail
 
 RAPIDS_PY_CUDA_SUFFIX="$(rapids-wheel-ctk-name-gen ${RAPIDS_CUDA_VERSION})"
-RAPIDS_PY_WHEEL_NAME="cuxfilter_${RAPIDS_PY_CUDA_SUFFIX}" rapids-download-wheels-from-s3 ./dist
+RAPIDS_PY_WHEEL_NAME="cuxfilter_${RAPIDS_PY_CUDA_SUFFIX}" RAPIDS_PY_WHEEL_PURE="1" rapids-download-wheels-from-s3 ./dist
 
 # echo to expand wildcard before adding `[extra]` requires for pip
 python -m pip install $(echo ./dist/cuxfilter*.whl)[test]