diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 19e722b823f6e62a94672ae78c2e90871ce0dc4e..56ecdb182b0b5cab7cb7fecd6e86b6dfe2bf495b 100755
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-variables:
-    GIT_CLONE_PATH: $CI_BUILDS_DIR/$CI_PIPELINE_ID
-
 before_script:
   - module load astrocyte
   - module load python/3.6.1-2-anaconda