diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index a2d663f7b3f51115c8c7359fe7c0a8ddd7448234..f2436343a1b0a33eb2ef295d270cbeb23f6cea76 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -1,30 +1,11 @@
 image: python:latest
 
 stages:
-  - pretest
   - build
   - test
   - coverage
   - doc_build
 
-ssh:
-  stage: pretest
-  before_script:
-  - 'which ssh-agent || ( apt-get update -y && apt-get install openssh-client -y )'
-  - 'which rsync || apt-get install rsync -y'
-  - eval $(ssh-agent -s)
-  - echo "$SSH_PRIVATE_KEY" | tr -d '\r' | ssh-add - > /dev/null
-  - mkdir -p ~/.ssh
-  - chmod 700 ~/.ssh
-  - whoami
-  - hostname
-  - echo "$SSH_PRIVATE_KEY" > ~/.ssh/gitlab_rsa
-  - echo "$SSH_PUBLIC_KEY" > ~/.ssh/gitlab_rsa.pub
-  
-    
-  script:
-  - ssh -p50022 bolirev@bioneuro77.biologie.uni-bielefeld.de "mkdir -p /fastdata/html/navipy/"
-
 navipy_install:
   stage: build
   before_script:
@@ -40,7 +21,6 @@ navipy_install:
   artifacts:
     paths:
       - venv
-      - build
     expire_in: 2 hours
 
   artifacts: