diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index be7343d47cb5c647db50efe18657a50bb664e152..f67b3af19e9455d9267bdad4ba453d6a6383253c 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 #image: registry.esss.lu.se/ics-docker/miniconda
 image: continuumio/miniconda3
 .pip_install_default: &pip_install_default
-    - conda update --all
     - conda install -c anaconda scipy
     - conda install -c conda-forge matplotlib
     - conda install -c conda-forge h5py