diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 547fec933ac5b46e3af42095849ce813b1cfa928..9989257a3b2bbd3bdbf6e6456b985b3da5608600 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -1,8 +1,4 @@
 image: localhost:5000/ubuntu_gcc
-#before_script:
-#  - apt-get update
-#  - apt-get -y install cmake g++-7 gcovr bc
-#  - apt-get -y upgrade
 
 cache:
   key: "$CI_COMMIT_REF_SLUG"
@@ -26,7 +22,6 @@ build:
 tests:
   stage: test
   script:
-    - ls > /dev/null # seems necessary to ensure build is here...
     - cd build
     - make unit_tests
     - make coverage-report
@@ -36,7 +31,6 @@ pages:
   dependencies:
     - tests
   script:
-    - ls > /dev/null # seems necessary to ensure build is here...
     - rm -rf public/
     - mv build/coverage/ public/
   artifacts: