diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 3bd2056394171458b60b53e3b8dc7b31c9b7b126..300048c74c237ddbe9c457bdbddb27966be5e013 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 #
-# ** header v3.0
 # This file is a part of the CaosDB Project.
 #
 # Copyright (C) 2018 Research Group Biomedical Physics,
 # Max-Planck-Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization Göttingen
 # Copyright (C) 2019 Henrik tom Wörden
+# Copyright (C) 2021 Timm Fitschen <t.fitschen@indiscale.com>
 #
 # This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 # it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@
 # You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
 # along with this program. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 #
-# ** end header
-#
 
 variables:
   DEPLOY_REF: f-grpc
@@ -41,6 +39,9 @@ stages:
   - test
   - deploy
 
+.env: &env
+  - F_BRANCH="${CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME}"
+
 info:
   tags: [cached-dind]
   image: docker:20.10
@@ -50,7 +51,8 @@ info:
     - *env
     - echo "Pipeline triggered by $TRIGGERED_BY_REPO@$TRIGGERED_BY_REF ($TRIGGERED_BY_HASH)"
     - echo "Pipeline will trigger DEPLOY with branch $DEPLOY_REF"
-    - echo "F_BRANCH: $F_BRANCH"
+    - echo "F_BRANCH = $F_BRANCH"
+
 
 # Setup: Build a docker image in which tests for this repository can run
 build-testenv:
@@ -81,22 +83,7 @@ test:
     - mvn compile
     - mvn test
 
-.env: &env
-    - F_BRANCH="${CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME}"
 
-    # TODO remove, this is grpc-special stuff
-    # server in f-grpc-dev branch matches with dev branch of cpplib/cppinttest
-    - if echo "$F_BRANCH" | grep -c "^f-grpc-dev$"; then
-        F_BRANCH=dev;
-      fi
-    # server in f-grpc-main branch matches with main branch of cpplib/cppinttest
-    - if echo "$F_BRANCH" | grep -c "^f-grpc-main$"; then
-        F_BRANCH=main;
-      fi
-    # server in f-grpc-f-something branch matches with f-something branch of cpplib/cppinttest
-    - if echo "$F_BRANCH" | grep -c "^f-grpc-f-.*$"; then
-        F_BRANCH=`echo "${F_BRANCH:7}"`;
-      fi
 
 # Deploy: Trigger building of server image and integration tests
 trigger_build: