diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 63ca562b1f132d270d951491ad165827b686c235..8fefa0e785ba06d8a80425d9942bad214a94731b 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ variables:
   AZURE_BUILD_SUBDIR: provider/notification-azure
   AZURE_TEST_SUBDIR: testing/notification-test-azure
   AZURE_DEPLOYMENTS_SUBDIR: deployments/scripts/azure
-  ENVIRONMENT: dev
 
   IBM_BUILD_SUBDIR: provider/notification-ibm
   IBM_INT_TEST_SUBDIR: testing/notification-test-ibm