diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index d05c8199cb4d6bca27b2a041639fe54587c010ad..27e720bbb9459d762749e96625d9e2848992f8b7 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ variables:
   DEPLOY_REF: dev
   CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE: $CI_REGISTRY/caosdb/src/caosdb-mysqlbackend/testenv:latest
   MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: caosdb1234
-  MYSQL_DATABASE: caosdb
+  # MYSQL_DATABASE: caosdb
 
 image: $CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE
 stages: