diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.d/container-template.yml b/.gitlab-ci.d/container-template.yml
index 8c1370b8f0..77aa839e9e 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.d/container-template.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.d/container-template.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
   before_script:
     - export TAG="$CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE/qemu/$NAME:latest"
     - export COMMON_TAG="$CI_REGISTRY/qemu-project/qemu/qemu/$NAME:latest"
-    - apk add python3
     - docker login $CI_REGISTRY -u "$CI_REGISTRY_USER" -p "$CI_REGISTRY_PASSWORD"
     - until docker info; do sleep 1; done
   script: