diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 088585fb421f63c764b82ac8ab81c2dbc747499f..92f36c42d95503bbf909aaa73c9333a2ce98e528 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 before_script:
   - apt-get update
-  - git submodule sync
   - git submodule update --init
 
 test-3.4: