diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index b7b01d9566638dd577ac82647a69b1bf53d26ada..57268484d01803773cb234d31a7b6b5c8538eae4 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -181,7 +181,6 @@ trigger_prepare:
   script:
     ## Determine the juliainttest branch...
     # ... use an f-branch if posible...
-    - F_BRANCH=dev
     - if echo "$CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME" | grep -c "^f-" ; then
         if curl -o /dev/null -s -w "%{http_code}" $JULIAINTTEST_BRANCHES/$CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME | grep "404"; then
           JULIAINT_REF=dev ;