diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 0ecf3f02c14ee58b62bb375e3af0d01aaaf2d38d..9a1a96060a7aadc7604fe895175fa250e663e9d1 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -30,16 +30,3 @@ semantic-release:
   rules:
     # on production branch(es): auto if SEMREL_AUTO_RELEASE_ENABLED
     - if: '$TMPL_RELEASE_ENABLED == "true" && $CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME =~ $PROD_REF'
-
-semantic-release-test:
-  stage: publish
-  image: alpine:latest
-  script:
-    - echo "Testing semantic-release configuration"
-    - echo TMPL_RELEASE_ENABLED=$TMPL_RELEASE_ENABLED
-    - echo PROD_REF=$PROD_REF
-    - echo CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME=$CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME
-    - echo check1 $( if [ "$TMPL_RELEASE_ENABLED" == "true" ]; then echo "true"; else echo "false"; fi )
-    - echo check2 $( if [ "$CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME" =~ "$PROD_REF" ]; then echo "true"; else echo "false"; fi )
-  tags:
-    - docker