diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 852d9427700a8c62f609880bb780ceca055107c9..525c6f34f209c9d0db33b4d31a9e10ac0ae73395 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@ coverage:
   image: docker.km3net.de/base/python:$PYTHON_VERSION
   stage: coverage
   script:
-    - mkdir -p reports
     - *virtualenv_definition
     - "make test-cov | grep TOTAL | awk '{printf \"COVERAGE: %.2f%%\", (1-$3/$2)*100 }'"
   coverage: '/COVERAGE:\s*([0-9]*\.[0-9]*%)/'