diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index c67238889fc4db991f2c6cb929d6f1a15a159363..825a733303cd92374d74c2146c5b0100b693ceb6 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -548,10 +548,6 @@ release-helm:
     - helm registry login --username "${CI_REGISTRY_USER}" --password "${CI_REGISTRY_PASSWORD}" "${CI_REGISTRY_URL}"
     - helm registry login --username "${CI_REGISTRY2_USER}" --password "${CI_REGISTRY2_PASSWORD}" "${CI_REGISTRY2_URL}"
     - make build-helm
-    - ls -la ~/.gnupg/
-    - cat ~/.gnupg/pubring.gpg | base64
-    - "gpg --import ~/.gnupg/pubring.gpg"
-    - "gpg --list-keys"
     - "helm package ./helm/dbrepo --sign --key 'Martin Weise' --keyring ~/.gnupg/secring.gpg --destination ./build"
     - "helm plugin install https://github.com/sigstore/helm-sigstore"
   script: