diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 293c4f59153bb61e0aa1e1af03f3ee9bd0a4ec6c..f2cfe1e8b796982759b464c5688a52fe4ce8f141 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -74,11 +74,6 @@ build_image:
   script:
     - source venv/bin/activate
     - $CI_PROJECT_DIR/bin/packer validate openstack-ood
-    - "sed -i 's/hosts:.*$/hosts: default/' CRI_XCBC/ood-packer.yaml"
-    - cat CRI_XCBC/ood-packer.yaml
-    - sed -i 's/\(\"--extra-vars\)/\"-vvv\", \1/' openstack-ood/nodeimage.pkr.hcl
-    - sed -i 's/inventory_file.*/extra_arguments=[\"-vvv\"]/' openstack-ood/nodeimage.pkr.hcl
-    - cat openstack-ood/nodeimage.pkr.hcl
     - PKR_VAR_image_date_suffix=true PKR_VAR_image_name=ood $CI_PROJECT_DIR/bin/packer build openstack-ood
 
 cleanup: