diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 900a16282f9d752491bace207cf3b3606dc5de40..bab073a54b79130d226d72a773cb1d73e8ffbbb4 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -4,10 +4,6 @@ default:
 # before script copied from gitlab docs
 before_script:
   - 'command -v ssh-agent >/dev/null || ( apt-get update -y && apt-get install openssh-client gcc libxslt-dev libffi-dev libssl-dev build-essential python3-dev -y )'
-  - eval $(ssh-agent -s)
-  - echo "$SSH_PRIVATE_KEY" | tr -d '\r' | ssh-add -
-  - mkdir -p ~/.ssh
-  - chmod 700 ~/.ssh
 
 stages:
   - test