diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 272ff1062a4ea0925f9612ff763fdbf1c371afce..c3e941b44fbaf1437511732edab56d41cd35f4cf 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -129,9 +129,6 @@ tests:
     - source ./$NECTAR_ALLOCATION-openrc.sh
     - openstack stack list
     - cd CICD
-    - STACKNAME=CICD$STACKNAME
-    - export ANSIBLE_HOST_KEY_CHECKING=False
-    - echo "[ansible_create_cluster_script] Prefixing the Stackname with CICD because heatcicdwrapper does he same"
     - python3 ../scripts/make_inventory.py static $STACKNAME | tee ./files/inventory.$STACKNAME && chmod 755 ./files/inventory.$STACKNAME
     - grep -qv "I could not find any resouces tagged with project_name:" ./files/inventory.$STACKNAME   #fail if inventory file is empty
     - ansible -m ping -i files/inventory.$STACKNAME --key-file ../gc_key.pem all