diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 7ce3c9c1a9fc28998411065d39c9ac2f138432b7..5f15832dc2ccfa987a2abaf8a835a961b27e201c 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