diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 2d6f4df3d44f6cc290a4443296aa0e3afcc5880d..c19a63cc5fa8a5332b762240b65d0c40e068e1c8 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ stages:
 .target:
   stage: build
   script:
-    - make -C gluon update GLUON_SITEDIR="$CI_PROJECT_DIR"
     - make -C gluon GLUON_SITEDIR="$CI_PROJECT_DIR" GLUON_TARGET="$GLUON_TARGET" GLUON_BRANCH=stable V=1 -j`nproc`
   except:
     - tags