diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 99df48ac5996dd0c1e6f7e8a497af2fd1661fd73..288214f22b1121d8413ee5b05e9013ee11ac5b46 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -62,8 +62,6 @@ before_script:
     - if [[ "${PYTHON_MAJOR}" -eq 2 ]]; then apt-get -o dir::cache::archives="${APT_CACHE_DIR}" install -yqq python-voeventlib; fi
     # install everything else from pip
     - ${PYTHON} -m pip install -r requirements.txt
-    # install lalsuite for glue.ligolw
-    - ${PYTHON} -m pip install lalsuite
     # create logs path required for tests
     - mkdir -pv ../logs/
     # list packages