diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index bb4f630..90ddbee 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -7,15 +7,15 @@ build:
   - pip3 install -U --user -e .[cli]
   - CACHE_DIR=$(pwd)/.cache python3 ./shlaxfile.py build
   stage: build
-
-build-itself:
-  cache:
-    key: cache
-    paths: [.cache]
-  image: shlax:$CI_COMMIT_SHORT_SHA
-  script: python3 ./shlaxfile.py build
-  stage: test
-
+# commenting until we have docker again
+# build-itself:
+#   cache:
+#     key: cache
+#     paths: [.cache]
+#   image: shlax:$CI_COMMIT_SHORT_SHA
+#   script: python3 ./shlaxfile.py build
+#   stage: test
+#
 test:
   image: yourlabs/python
   stage: build