diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index e2992bed6d921cf5b1744e0f8eb961e1fb0998c8..d0dc0f15750fcf1ba5f1acc2ee85722d668f1ed7 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -191,17 +191,17 @@ manual_cluster_spawn:
     refs:
       - "cicd"
   
-clean:
-  stage: clean
-  tags:
-  - heat
-  before_script:
-    - echo "cleanup stack"
-    - sleep 30
-    - echo "$HPCCICD_openrc" > ./$NECTAR_ALLOCATION-openrc.sh
-  script:
-    - source ./$NECTAR_ALLOCATION-openrc.sh
-    - bash -x ./CICD/heat/heatcicdwrapper.sh delete_if_exists $STACKNAME
+#clean:
+#  stage: clean
+#  tags:
+#  - heat
+#  before_script:
+#    - echo "cleanup stack"
+#    - sleep 30
+#    - echo "$HPCCICD_openrc" > ./$NECTAR_ALLOCATION-openrc.sh
+#  script:
+#    - source ./$NECTAR_ALLOCATION-openrc.sh
+#    - bash -x ./CICD/heat/heatcicdwrapper.sh delete_if_exists $STACKNAME
 
   
 # heat_test: