diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index ab50954e201c79976444e3f97352abbdab4cef6a..34884db70d566ee047dbb9734f8e83752ea0379a 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -70,17 +70,14 @@ test:
 
 # trigger the integration tests
 trigger_inttest:
-  tags: [ docker ]
-  stage: deploy
-  dependencies:
-     - build-testenv
+  stage: setup
   script:
     - CPPINT_REF=main
     - TRIGGERED_BY_REPO=${TRIGGERED_BY_REPO:-CPPLIB}
     - TRIGGERED_BY_REF=${TRIGGERED_BY_REF:-$CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME}
     - TRIGGERED_BY_HASH=${TRIGGERED_BY_HASH:-$CI_COMMIT_SHORT_SHA}
 
-    - /usr/bin/curl -w "%{stderr}HTTPCODE=%{http_code}" -X POST
+    - curl -w "%{stderr}HTTPCODE=%{http_code}" -X POST
       -F token=$CI_JOB_TOKEN
       -F "variables[TRIGGERED_BY_REPO]=$TRIGGERED_BY_REPO"
       -F "variables[TRIGGERED_BY_REF]=$TRIGGERED_BY_REF"