diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index a2882073f641fc3acf05149d0a219e4bc846a762..06a59b3d49308278ce6553230835f39dfb5d4282 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ tf-apply:
   tags: [build]
   script:
     - export BUILD_DATE=$(TZ=America/Chicago date +%Y%m%d%H%M%S)
-    - export TF_VAR_internal_network="tf-clusternet-$BUILD_DATE"
     - XDMOD_IMAGES=($(openstack image list --sort-column Name --sort-descending -f value -c Name -c ID | grep -P ' xdmod-\d{14}$' | awk '{print $2}'))
     - export TF_VAR_image_ohpc="${XDMOD_IMAGES[0]}"
   #  - export TF_VAR_image_ohpc="xdmod-20230629191611"