diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index ab147eabcf9fbe9d29bb3052c88c344520cae128..bad5c1e429fb06c5cae82807e65c0442785c901b 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ variables:
   OS_IDENTITY_API_VERSION: "3"
   OS_INTERFACE: "public"
   OS_REGION_NAME: "bhm1"
+  OOD_INSTANCE_NETWORK: "knightly-network"
   PKR_VAR_flavor: "m1.medium-ruffner"
   PKR_VAR_source_image: "CentOS-7-x86_64-GenericCloud-2009"
   PKR_VAR_floating_ip_network: "uab-campus"
@@ -268,8 +269,6 @@ test_ood_image:
       nameserver 172.20.0.25
       EOF
       echo "$DEV_KEY" >> /root/.ssh/authorized_keys
-      ip route replace default via 10.250.0.3 dev eth0
-      ip route add 172.20.0.0/16 via 10.250.0.1 dev eth0
       mkdir -p /run/shibboleth
       chown shibd:shibd /run/shibboleth
       pip3 install s3cmd
@@ -279,7 +278,7 @@ test_ood_image:
     - >
       export NEW_INSTANCE_ID=$(openstack server create
       -c id -f value --image $BUILT_OOD_IMAGE_ID
-      --network openstack-cheaha-internal
+      --network $OOD_INSTANCE_NETWORK
       --security-group ood-https-ports
       --security-group node-exporter
       --security-group allow-ssh