diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 17be5e10ed61af7bf066b4008ffc23bc0d5fd7d4..61a3c21d0a2566673814583e940fa18f2b25c94b 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-variables:
-  GIT_CLONE_PATH: $CI_BUILDS_DIR/$CI_CONCURRENT_ID/$CI_PROJECT_PATH
-
 before_script:
   - module add  python/3.6.1-2-anaconda
   - pip install --user pytest-pythonpath==0.7.1 pytest-cov==2.5.1