diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 45c555187b3ade6e1f9e21bbb79addd9f61f00eb..e6189ed0719cd9f66415969182c7bdd57356d817 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -29,9 +29,6 @@ default:
     - apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends texlive-latex-extra
     - apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends dvipng
     - apt-get clean
-    - pip install virtualenv
-    - virtualenv venv
-    - source venv/bin/activate
 
 install_and_test_39:
   image: python:3.9