diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 8f4c5fa2..5c87d498 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -21,11 +21,6 @@ variables:
   GH_REGISTRY_USER: eic
   GH_PUSH: 1
 
-  ## TLS error resiliency: number of retries and second wait between tries 
-  ## (wait time is doubled with each attempt)
-  DOCKER_NTRIES: 5
-  DOCKER_WAIT_TIME: 5
-
   ## Number of jobs to start during container builds
   JOBS: 32