diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 9ddb8274b8c9e0dc81e32f035e137282ab6e0605..3434b35b0d2e4c5d10ee58c44286bdf5983d98cc 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -105,21 +105,6 @@ default:
       }
       EOF
 
-generate_css:
-  extends:
-    - .default-rules
-  image: node:20-bookworm
-  stage: prepare
-  script:
-    - cd src/plainui/
-    - echo 'yarn-offline-mirror ".yarn/cache/"' >> .yarnrc
-    - echo 'yarn-offline-mirror-pruning true' >> .yarnrc
-    - yarn install --non-interactive --no-progress --frozen-lockfile
-    - yarn run build
-  artifacts:
-    paths:
-      - src/plainui/static/plainui/rc3*.css*
-
 meta_build:
   stage: prepare
   extends: .build
@@ -269,7 +254,6 @@ build_nginx:
   extends:
     - .build
   needs:
-    - generate_css
     - migration_check
     - django-tests
   script:
@@ -285,7 +269,6 @@ build_release:
   extends:
     - .build
   needs:
-    - generate_css
     - migration_check
     - django-tests
   script: