diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 5abd357b0c661823bebef2689f486bacee8b1f6f..ebbfeefa959ffeb8eb7039e483f0e94c13f4c38a 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -124,8 +124,6 @@ workflow:
       elif [ $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == 'schedule' ]; then
         export PKR_VAR_image_name="${BUILD_TARGET}-${BUILD_DATE}"
       fi
-    # Ansible var overrides
-    - |
     # packer commands
     - packer init openstack-compute
     - packer validate openstack-compute