diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 6cd7ae8c82310cecbd52b927e1e344963dadc8a2..f7dd4b0614f43dc9113c3fe9402a0b6ec6c03352 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -30,11 +30,6 @@ stages:          # List of stages for jobs, and their order of execution
   - build
   - deploy
   - cleanup
-
-
-.get_ansible_files: &get_ansible_files
-  - s3cmd get --force -r --host=$AWS_HOST --host-bucket=$AWS_HOST s3://xdmod-vol/ /tmp
-  - ls -l /tmp
   
 prep-deploy:
   stage: .pre
@@ -44,6 +39,8 @@ prep-deploy:
   script:
     - export BUILD_DATE=$(TZ=America/Chicago date +%Y-%m-%dT%H%M%S)
     - apt-get update && apt-get install -y awscli
+    - s3cmd get --force -r --host=$AWS_HOST --host-bucket=$AWS_HOST s3://xdmod-vol/ /tmp
+    - ls -l /tmp
     - |
       if [ "$TARGET_ENV" = "dev" ]; then
            TF_VAR_data_volume="xdmod-dev-volume-$BUILD_DATE"