diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index fbfa9e33593f4df5b85ae35aba4d427f69231e00..0834da97bf5215eedaa80f7ced1f7ac48da324a6 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -90,7 +90,6 @@ test:
 
 # trigger the integration tests
 trigger_inttest:
-  image: docker:20.10
   tags: [ docker ]
   stage: deploy
   script: