diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index d1a6a77cc32f8b58920a16fb3dfe13b67b5d2f7b..e4d708950a5d86b9119017ad2c9782a8296fa108 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -508,10 +508,6 @@ stages:
 release-docs:
   stage: release
   image: docker.io/python:3.11-slim
-  needs:
-    - docs-docs
-  dependencies:
-    - docs-docs
   only:
     refs:
       - /^release-.*/