diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 4902cab2a46fc9f3bfe5e4aeada8f5d6c59e091c..9bcd0ca6b494b1d7f21ed0153cbabd09f4f67895 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -166,15 +166,11 @@ manual_cluster_spawn:
     - echo "$HPCCICD_openrc" > ./$NECTAR_ALLOCATION-openrc.sh
   script:
     - source ./$NECTAR_ALLOCATION-openrc.sh
-    - bash -x ./heat/heatcicdwrapper.sh create $MANUAL_STACKNAME
-    - git submodule update --init --remote --merge
+    - bash -x ./CICD/heat/heatcicdwrapper.sh create $MANUAL_STACKNAME
     - openstack stack list
     - export STACKNAME=$MANUAL_STACKNAME
     - sleep 25
     - bash -x CICD/ansible_create_cluster_script.sh
-  environment:
-    name: openstack
-    url: https://dashboard.rc.nectar.org.au/project/instances/
   when: manual 
   only:
     refs: