diff --git a/kicker.json b/kicker.json
index 0faad4815b05957b0c51f5d8d74ad5469b25c939..1f6712e37d1339305d89f2424fd6f7f855c513b4 100644
--- a/kicker.json
+++ b/kicker.json
@@ -88,11 +88,6 @@
           "default": ".",
           "advanced": true
         },
-        {
-          "name": "SEMREL_RELEASE_DISABLED",
-          "description": "Disable this job.",
-          "advanced": true
-        },
         {
           "name": "SEMREL_GPG_SIGNKEY",
           "description": "Path to the GPG signkey exported with `gpg --armor --export-secret-key`.",
diff --git a/templates/gitlab-ci-semrel.yml b/templates/gitlab-ci-semrel.yml
index 6d5b6630a351a7db10fa183805059c65b2b85f2a..9741de728da6179945aae1561425216a1730b87a 100644
--- a/templates/gitlab-ci-semrel.yml
+++ b/templates/gitlab-ci-semrel.yml
@@ -35,8 +35,9 @@ spec:
       description: Full path to `semrel-required-plugins.txt` file _(relative to `$CI_PROJECT_DIR`)_
       default: semrel-required-plugins.txt
     release-disabled:
-      description: Disable this job.
-      default: ''
+      description: Disable semantic-release
+      type: boolean
+      default: false
     changelog-enabled:
       description: Add the [@semantic-release/changelog](https://github.com/semantic-release/changelog) plugin which will commit a changelog file in the repository.
       type: boolean