diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index d18349769bad06f420a575f6c2f36cafd3a5db54..68799c4907c703ebfa80805cad5108faf5a184af 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ stages:
   - build:rpm
   - build:dockerimage
   - rename:dockerimage
-  - dbunittests
   - test
   - regressions
   - shouldfail
@@ -126,7 +125,7 @@ cta_valgrind:
 dbunittests_postgresql:
   except:
     - tags
-  stage: dbunittests
+  stage: test
   variables:
     CTAREPODIR: /tmp/repo
   image: gitlab-registry.cern.ch/linuxsupport/cc7-base
@@ -167,7 +166,7 @@ dbunittests_postgresql:
 dbunittests_mysql:
   except:
     - tags
-  stage: dbunittests
+  stage: test
   variables:
     CTAREPODIR: /tmp/repo
   image: gitlab-registry.cern.ch/linuxsupport/cc7-base