diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 3025a763cdfe60c545dfdc162ba124078d0decb9..0a14bd039c4d3b1aef3346cee91192b52db4ac25 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ variables:
       --passwords=${TEST_DIR}/passwords.yml
       --num-hosts=1
       ${LIBVIRT:+-e libvirt.remote_host=${LIBVIRT#*@} -e libvirt.remote_user=${LIBVIRT%@*}}
-      -e ansible_cfg.defaults.strategy=mitogen_linear ${MITOGEN:+-e ansible_cfg.defaults.strategy_plugins=${MITOGEN}/ansible_mitogen/plugins/strategy}
       ${APT_PROXY:+-e config.apt_proxy=${APT_PROXY}}
       $CREATE_ENV_VARS $BUILD_DIR