diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index e96f336fda8c6d9ba33788bcb48937c340d27269..da39868d1fb32aa1beddfe089630d6854963fbe4 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ image: $CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE:latest
 
 stages:
   - setup
-  - linting
   - test
   - deploy
 
@@ -38,7 +37,7 @@ stages:
 linting:
   timeout: 15 minutes
   tags: [ docker ]
-  stage: linting
+  stage: test
   script:
     - make pylint
   allow_failure: true