diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 6c717f956ecdb1ff6154e5297a94d18cd05444c4..003843be8cc5b217990aa063c95cf8b2dff29b48 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -76,7 +76,6 @@ stages:
     - apt install -y inkscape pdftk
     - apt install -y latexmk  poppler-utils # latexmk and pdftocairo
     - DEBIAN_FRONTEND='noninteractive' apt install -y texlive-latex-recommended texlive-latex-extra texlive-science pdf2svg
-    - apt install -y python
     - pip install -U Pillow
     - pip install -e ./
     - cd tests