diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index a870cf6..12a945b 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -7,28 +7,3 @@ stages:
   - data
   - build
   - deploy
-
-dvc pull:
-  image: python:3.8
-  stage: data
-  script:
-    # install dvc
-    - pip install dvc
-    - pip install dvc-azure
-    # configure dvc
-    - echo "pulling data with remote $DVC_REMOTE_NAME, from storage $DVC_AZURE_BLOB_STORE_NAME and connection $DVC_AZURE_BLOB_STORE_CONNECTION_STRING"
-    - dvc remote add -d -f ${DVC_REMOTE_NAME} azure://${DVC_AZURE_BLOB_STORE_NAME}/
-    - dvc remote modify ${DVC_REMOTE_NAME} connection_string "${DVC_AZURE_BLOB_STORE_CONNECTION_STRING} --verbose"
-    # get data
-    - dvc pull
-  rules:
-    - if: $CI_COMMIT_TAG
-    - if: $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH =~ /^release/
-    - if: $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH == $CI_DEFAULT_BRANCH
-    - if: $CI_COMMIT_TAG == null
-      when: manual
-  artifacts:
-    name: ${CI_PROJECT_DIR}-dvc-files
-    paths:
-      - data/*
-    expire_in: 1 day