diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index de5f41f8585b8878c2182c80d2e25d9abd7da286..817bb16f1eab2b33ae7443d1a0f8e1debfb8ba94 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -421,15 +421,3 @@ release-libs:
   script:
     - bash ./lib/python/package.sh
     - bash ./lib/python/release.sh
-
-release-gitlab:
-  stage: release
-  image: docker.io/alpine:3.18
-  when: manual
-  only:
-    refs:
-      - /^release-.*/
-  before_script:
-    - "apk add bash curl"
-  script:
-    - bash -ec "curl -fsSL -X POST -H \"Content-Type: application/json\" -H \"PRIVATE-TOKEN: ${CI_TOKEN}\" --data '{\"name\": \"v${APP_VERSION}\", \"tag_name\": \"v${APP_VERSION}\", \"ref\": \"${CI_COMMIT_BRANCH}\", \"description\": \"Automated release from CI/CD\"}' https://gitlab.phaidra.org/api/v4/projects/450/releases"
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