diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 6683c06a732486eadf4cdf44ace1a77621f3a8ed..5c0815f4634ef1a47bd7dc0f439028ac2425f927 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -44,10 +44,8 @@ build-testenv:
     - time docker load < /image-cache/caosdb-server-testenv.tar || true
     - docker login -u gitlab-ci-token -p $CI_JOB_TOKEN $CI_REGISTRY
       # use here general latest or specific branch latest...
-    - docker pull $CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE || true
     - docker build
       --pull
-      --cache-from $CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE
       -t $CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE .
     - docker save $CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE > image.tar;
           mv image.tar /image-cache/caosdb-server-testenv.tar;