diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index dfbc88de2..7b8f81e7a 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -205,14 +205,14 @@ test-lin-dev-clang-cran:
 
 # stated dependency on R
 test-lin-ancient-cran:
-  image: registry.gitlab.com/jangorecki/dockerfiles/r-3.3.0
   <<: *test-lin
+  image: registry.gitlab.com/jangorecki/dockerfiles/r-3.3.0
+  variables:
+    _R_CHECK_FORCE_SUGGESTS_: "FALSE"
   script:
     - *install-deps
     - Rscript -e 'install.packages("https://cran.r-project.org/src/contrib/Archive/xts/xts_0.12.2.tar.gz", repos = NULL, type = "source")'
-    - Rscript -e 'install.packages("https://cran.r-project.org/src/contrib/Archive/evaluate/evaluate_0.23.tar.gz", repos = NULL, type = "source")'
-    - Rscript -e 'install.packages("knitr", repos = "https://cloud.r-project.org")'
-    - R CMD check --no-manual $(ls -1t data.table_*.tar.gz | head -n 1)
+    - R CMD check --no-manual --no-build-vignettes --ignore-vignettes $(ls -1t data.table_*.tar.gz | head -n 1)
 
 .test-win-template: &test-win
   <<: *test