diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 385084c3a7..e29f04d02a 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -6,13 +6,8 @@ lint:
     - schedules
     - triggers
   before_script:
-    - printf "Package\x3a androguard fdroidserver python3-asn1crypto python3-ruamel.yaml yamllint\nPin\x3a release a=stretch-backports\nPin-Priority\x3a 500\n" > /etc/apt/preferences.d/debian-stretch-backports.pref
-    - echo "deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ stretch-backports main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/backports.list
     - apt-get update
     - apt-get -qy dist-upgrade
-    - apt-get install -qy --no-install-recommends
-          `apt-cache depends fdroidserver | grep -Fv -e java -e jdk -e '<' | awk '/Depends:/{print$2}'`
-
     - rm -rf fdroidserver
     - mkdir fdroidserver
     - git ls-remote https://gitlab.com/fdroid/fdroidserver.git master