diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index d64eed975ca34445af010e4e692a5a8b11f46b74..9a4f4d6a9cef022a6821aa8ff97927df9c94fed9 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -121,8 +121,6 @@ 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