diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 7573eb41891e73c5f04f643398c425d65f3f5fdb..6b9ea7f8492f545a46290f7b09fe42ab652bd222 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-# requiring the environment of NodeJS 10
-image: node:10
 
 # add 'node_modules' to cache for speeding up builds
 cache: