diff --git a/templates/circle.yml.ejs b/templates/circle.yml.ejs
index ef8920b..bdf536d 100644
--- a/templates/circle.yml.ejs
+++ b/templates/circle.yml.ejs
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+<%_
+let deps = [
+  'nyc@11',
+  '@anycli/nyc-config@0',
+  'mocha-junit-reporter@1',
+]
+if (semantic_release) deps.push('@commitlint/cli@6', '@commitlint/config-conventional@6')
+deps = deps.join(' ')
+_%>
 ---
 version: 2
 jobs:
@@ -5,6 +14,8 @@ jobs:
     docker:
       - image: node:latest
     working_directory: ~/cli
+    environment:
+      NYC: yarn exec nyc -- --nycrc-path node_modules/@anycli/nyc-config/.nycrc
     steps:
       - checkout
       - restore_cache: &restore_cache
@@ -14,7 +25,7 @@ jobs:
             - v0
       - run: .circleci/setup_git
       - run: .circleci/greenkeeper
-      - run: yarn add -D nyc@11 @anycli/nyc-config@0 mocha-junit-reporter@1<%- semantic_release ? " @commitlint/cli@6 @commitlint/config-conventional@6" : "" %>
+      - run: yarn add -D <%- deps %>
       <%_ if (mocha) { _%>
       - run:
           name: yarn test
@@ -22,12 +33,12 @@ jobs:
           environment: {MOCHA_FILE: reports/mocha.xml}
           command: |
             mkdir -p reports
-            yarn exec nyc -- --nycrc-path node_modules/@anycli/nyc-config/.nycrc yarn test --reporter mocha-junit-reporter
+            $NYC yarn test --reporter mocha-junit-reporter
       - run:
           name: submit code coverage
           command: |
-          yarn exec nyc -- --nycrc-path node_modules/@anycli/nyc-config/.nycrc report --reporter text-lcov > coverage.lcov
-          curl -s https://codecov.io/bash | bash
+            $NYC report --reporter text-lcov > coverage.lcov
+            curl -s https://codecov.io/bash | bash
       <%_ } else { _%>
       - run: yarn test
       <%_ } _%>