diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 7537d250836af8bf64b4e945c0936c57046a3b4d..ad1d3a802b177400bfe4b8afee62334d1792b6d8 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -947,31 +947,6 @@ override_fastq:
     when:
       - always
 
-override_species:
-  stage: integration
-  only: [merge_requests]
-  except:
-    variables:
-      - $CI_MERGE_REQUEST_TARGET_BRANCH_NAME =~ /master/
-  script:
-    - hostname
-    - ulimit -a
-    - nextflow -q run ./rna-seq.nf --deriva ./test_data/auth/credential.json --bdbag ./test_data/auth/cookies.txt --repRID Q-Y5EW --source staging --speciesForce 'Homo sapiens' --upload true --dev false --ci true --track false -with-report ./speciesOverride_report.html
-    - find . -type f -name "multiqc_data.json" -exec cp {} ./speciesOverride_multiqc_data.json \;
-    - find ./**/report/ -type f -name "*multiqc.html" -exec cp {} ./speciesOverride_multiqc.html \;
-    - pytest -m completionMultiqc --filename speciesOverride_multiqc_data.json
-  artifacts:
-    name: "$CI_JOB_NAME"
-    when: always
-    paths:
-      - speciesOverride_multiqc_data.json
-      - speciesOverride_multiqc.html
-    expire_in: 7 days
-  retry:
-    max: 0
-    when:
-      - always
-
 override_stranded:
   stage: integration
   only: [merge_requests]