diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 2f6285b20da63d978a8b96a98b3b83d6f90be2b2..c0a8a7e05b401d7b8dd4e6585033ce9c2c74ccd5 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ docker_deploy:
   script:
     - *define_network_branch_vars
     - podman --version
-    - podman manifest rm "$MANIFEST" 2>/dev/null || true
+#    - podman manifest rm "$MANIFEST" 2>/dev/null || true
     - podman build --layers --platform linux/amd64,linux/arm64 --manifest "$MANIFEST" -f docker/Dockerfile --build-arg chain=$RUNTIME .
 #    - podman manifest push --all "$MANIFEST" "docker://docker.io/$IMAGE_NAME:$DOCKER_TAG"
 #    - podman manifest push --all "$MANIFEST" "docker://docker.io/$IMAGE_NAME:latest"