diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index dcfba5fa6dff94ce4454a92acb2a9a1fe9169a3f..e12af641c20d2e52fc662e525e94e25329d58038 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,3 @@ upload:
     - sed -i "s/v0.0.1-dev/$CI_COMMIT_TAG/g" src/__init__.py
     - python -m build
     - python -m twine upload --verbose --repository-url ${PRIVATE_REGISTRY_API_URL} dist/*
-  release:
-    tag_name: $CI_COMMIT_TAG
-    name: 'Release $CI_COMMIT_TAG'
-    description: 'Release created using the release-cli.'