diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index edc5b8ed1a874db687e878ae2b39103794f6ec81..bceb21c0aef215d477e89e3a3225531b15e38a8e 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -80,8 +80,6 @@ pypi_test:
   only: [tags]
   when: manual
   script:
-    - mkdir -p /root/.config/pypoetry/
-    - touch /root/.config/pypoetry/config.toml
     - poetry config repositories.pypi_test https://test.pypi.org/legacy/
     - poetry publish --build --username $PYPI_TEST_LOGIN --password $PYPI_TEST_PASSWORD --repository pypi_test