diff --git a/.ci/build.sh b/.ci/build.sh
index 4bf50d1f50..c109c37efe 100755
--- a/.ci/build.sh
+++ b/.ci/build.sh
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ echo "$REPOS" | while IFS= read -r REPO; do
   echo "$0: cloning '$URL --depth 1 --branch $BRANCH' into '$PACKAGE'"
   git clone $URL --recurse-submodules --shallow-submodules --depth 1 --branch $BRANCH $PACKAGE
 
-  if [[ "$GITMAN" != "True" ]]; then
+  if [[ "$GITMAN" == "True" ]]; then
     cd $PACKAGE
     [[ -e .gitman.yml || -e .gitman.yaml ]] && gitman install
   fi
diff --git a/.ci/build_for_testing.sh b/.ci/build_for_testing.sh
index e7622e0e1d..e70f06641a 100755
--- a/.ci/build_for_testing.sh
+++ b/.ci/build_for_testing.sh
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ echo "$FULL_COVERAGE_REPOS" | while IFS= read -r REPO; do
   echo "$0: cloning '$URL --depth 1 --branch $BRANCH' into '$PACKAGE'"
   git clone $URL --recurse-submodules --shallow-submodules --depth 1 --branch $BRANCH $PACKAGE
 
-  if [[ "$GITMAN" != "True" ]]; then
+  if [[ "$GITMAN" == "True" ]]; then
     cd $PACKAGE
     [[ -e .gitman.yml || -e .gitman.yaml ]] && gitman install
   fi
diff --git a/.ci/build_nonbloom.sh b/.ci/build_nonbloom.sh
index fb9df6c607..883c1b2208 100755
--- a/.ci/build_nonbloom.sh
+++ b/.ci/build_nonbloom.sh
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ git clone $URL --recurse-submodules --branch $BRANCH $PACKAGE
 
 cd $WORK_DIR/$PACKAGE/
 
-if [[ "$GITMAN" != "True" ]]; then
+if [[ "$GITMAN" == "True" ]]; then
   [[ -e .gitman.yml || -e .gitman.yaml ]] && gitman install
 fi
 
diff --git a/.ci/test.sh b/.ci/test.sh
index 8f8fa1df77..f14c59189e 100755
--- a/.ci/test.sh
+++ b/.ci/test.sh
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ echo "$THIS_TEST_REPOS" | while IFS= read -r REPO; do
   [ ! -e ${PACKAGE} ] && echo "$0: cloning '$URL --depth 1 --branch $BRANCH' into '$PACKAGE'" || echo "$0: not cloning, already there"
   [ ! -e ${PACKAGE} ] && git clone $URL --recurse-submodules --shallow-submodules --depth 1 --branch $BRANCH $PACKAGE || echo "$0: not cloning, already there"
 
-  if [[ "$GITMAN" != "True" ]]; then
+  if [[ "$GITMAN" == "True" ]]; then
     cd $PACKAGE
     [[ -e .gitman.yml || -e .gitman.yaml ]] && gitman install || echo "no gitman modules to install"
   fi