diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 4f154b6a65b38858b0855afd7ac43f3df9532846..50b75657b755d50a3eedc68f450aa64815cda1fc 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -2,17 +2,6 @@ include:
   - local: deploy/build_env/services-linux/gitlab-ci-build-docker.yml
   - local: deploy/build_env/services-windows/gitlab-ci-build-docker.yml
 
-skip-containers:
-  image:
-    name: $CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE/asapo-services-linux-build-env:latest
-    entrypoint: [""]
-  stage: .pre
-  script:
-    - echo empty job to make sure the container exists
-  tags:
-    - kubernetes-executor
-  when: always
-
 build-services-linux-debug:
   image:
     name: $CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE/asapo-services-linux-build-env:latest