diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 85af7cba986c2675cf0972090eb5b4341c36a94c..ef8cea4676b2c611cc98b42d3c2361ba0d631660 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -24,16 +24,6 @@ stages:
 # You can specify an unlimited number of jobs which are defined as top-level elements with an arbitrary name and always
 #  have to contain at least the script clause.
 
-build wheel:
-  stage: build
-  tags:
-    - k8srunner
-  script:
-    - python3 setup.py sdist bdist_wheel
-  artifacts:
-    paths:
-      - ./dist/
-
 # The test job produces a coverage report and the unittest output (see setup.cfg), and
 #  the coverage xml report is moved to the reports directory while the html output is persisted for use by the pages
 #  job. TODO: possibly a candidate for refactor / renaming later on.