diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 4d10e2dcc3bac605d758c9444a16d2e39813b837..6a6cea23f25f6ffd2a0b4473db13cfb1e3ab50dd 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -34,8 +34,6 @@ variables:
   # shared volume for docker-in-docker
   DOCKER_TLS_CERTDIR: "/certs"
   DOCKER_CERT_PATH: "$DOCKER_TLS_CERTDIR/client"
-  DOCKER_TLS_VERIFY: 1
-
   PIP_CACHE_DIR: "$CI_PROJECT_DIR/.cache/pip"
 
 ## Build docker image