diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 738d2aecb..834fd68ee 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ stages:
   - compile
   - fortran
   - performance
-  - deploy
   - finalize
 
 
@@ -212,14 +211,6 @@ grid_runtime:
     - if [ ${CI_COMMIT_BRANCH} == development ]; then git commit -am ${CI_PIPELINE_ID}_${CI_COMMIT_SHA}; git push; fi
 
 
-###################################################################################################
-source_distribution:
-  stage: deploy
-  script:
-    - cd $(mktemp -d)
-    - ${CI_PROJECT_DIR}/PRIVATE/releasing/tar.xz/create.sh ${CI_PROJECT_DIR} ${CI_COMMIT_SHA}
-
-
 ###################################################################################################
 update_revision:
   stage: finalize