diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index f7514066fc29ed12c52d4e8071cf023427345f6f..2aabc41fa7bd62a9fd007d2db8ad413ff56bb33d 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ image:
 
 release-build:
   stage: build
-  image: gitlab.cl.uni-heidelberg.de:5050/tmueller/clspigot-docker:latest
   rules:
     - if: $CI_COMMIT_TAG                  # Run this job when a tag is created manually
   before_script:
@@ -18,11 +17,8 @@ release-build:
     - echo "{\"auths\":{\"$CI_REGISTRY\":{\"username\":\"$CI_REGISTRY_USER\",\"password\":\"$CI_REGISTRY_PASSWORD\"}}}" > /kaniko/.docker/config.json
   script:
     - "/kaniko/executor --context $CI_PROJECT_DIR --dockerfile $CI_PROJECT_DIR/Dockerfile --destination $CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE:$CI_COMMIT_TAG --destination $CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE:latest --build-arg vcsrev=$CI_COMMIT_SHORT_SHA"
-  release:
-    name: 'Release $CI_COMMIT_TAG'
-    description: 'Created using the release-cli'  
-    tag_name: '$CI_COMMIT_TAG'                                       # elsewhere in the pipeline.
-    ref: '$CI_COMMIT_TAG'
+  only:
+    - master
 
 beta-build:
   stage: build