diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index d37bd15d9d57535a688729e579f57668574306c9..e25bc954678bbf4ffd67a8869f8e66eb0c22aec9 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -86,8 +86,7 @@ tests-3.9:
     PYTHON_VERSION: "3.9"
   script:
     - docker login -u "$CI_REGISTRY_USER" -p "$CI_BUILD_TOKEN" $CI_REGISTRY
-    - docker pull $CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE/$KIND:$CI_COMMIT_SHORT_SHA || true
-    - docker build --cache-from $CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE/$KIND:$CI_COMMIT_SHORT_SHA --pull -t "$CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE/$KIND:$CI_COMMIT_SHORT_SHA" -f release/$KIND-image --build-arg PYTHON_VERS=$PYTHON_VERSION .
+    - docker build -t "$CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE/$KIND:$CI_COMMIT_SHORT_SHA" -f release/$KIND-image --build-arg PYTHON_VERS=$PYTHON_VERSION .
     - docker push "$CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE/$KIND:$CI_COMMIT_SHORT_SHA"
     - docker tag "$CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE/$KIND:$CI_COMMIT_SHORT_SHA" "$CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE/$KIND:$CI_COMMIT_BRANCH"
     - docker push "$CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE/$KIND:$CI_COMMIT_BRANCH"