diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 4821bece4e2af9c9ddd59ce130933f7d74f0ef28..3fc594ea9f911cdcf9714ed1ed853947eaa6f417 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ pages:
 
 pypi:
     image: docker.km3net.de/base/python:3
-    stage: release
     cache: {}
     script:
         - pip install -U twine