diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 6e1897ad4e26dde4f09100274392322999d58577..ad68cd3a51441d8c6d72b89901c0244aa6f5225c 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ variables:
   S3_ENDPOINT: "https://s3.lts.rc.uab.edu"
   BUCKET_NAME: "xdmod-vol"
   FILE_NAME: "xdmod-dev-volume-snap.raw"
-  LOCAL_DESTINATION: "/data/vol/xdmod"
 
 cache:
   paths:
@@ -68,8 +67,7 @@ prep-deploy:
       echo "BUILD_DATE=${BUILD_DATE}" | tee -a $CI_PROJECT_DIR/vars.env
       echo "prod_instance_id=${prod_instance_id}" | tee -a $CI_PROJECT_DIR/vars.env
 
-      mkdir -p "${LOCAL_DESTINATION}"
-      aws s3 --profile="${AWS_PROFILE}" --endpoint="${S3_ENDPOINT}" cp "s3://${BUCKET_NAME}/${FILE_NAME}" "${LOCAL_DESTINATION}/${FILE_NAME}"
+      aws s3 --profile="${AWS_PROFILE}" --endpoint="${S3_ENDPOINT}" cp "s3://${BUCKET_NAME}/${FILE_NAME}" "${FILE_NAME}"
 
 
   artifacts: