diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 9636bf2176743861e4cd274d50896e350041f122..8bcef7e423b836a440526afabab90b255228f378 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -31,9 +31,7 @@ before_script:
   - echo > .env-gitlab-ci
   - variables=("HOME=$HOME" "CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME=$CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME" "CI_REPOSITORY_URL=$CI_REPOSITORY_URL" "GITLAB_TOKEN=$GITLAB_TOKEN" "CI_JOB_TOKEN=$CI_JOB_TOKEN" "GITLAB_USER_EMAIL=$GITLAB_USER_EMAIL" "GITLAB_USER_NAME=\"$GITLAB_USER_NAME\"" "CI_REGISTRY_USER=$CI_REGISTRY_USER" "CI_PROJECT_ID=$CI_PROJECT_ID" "CI_PROJECT_DIR=$CI_PROJECT_DIR" "CI_API_V4_URL=$CI_API_V4_URL" "CI_PROJECT_NAME=$CI_PROJECT_NAME" "CI_COMMIT_SHORT_SHA=$CI_COMMIT_SHORT_SHA"); for var in "${variables[@]}"; do echo "$var" >> .env-gitlab-ci; done
   - cat .env-gitlab-ci
-  - usermod -aG 998 gitlab-runner
   - env
-  - ls -la /var/run/docker.sock
   - nix shell nixpkgs#docker-client -c docker --host="unix:///var/run/docker.sock" info
 
 after_script: