diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 43cfc02d6bced6b7a44170ba7094cedc13d39065..1e2c80183195c401ddb3ffc8ec87028501d68cea 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ variables:
   - 'time make -k -j$CPU_CORES TIMED=y 2>&1 | tee build-log.txt'
   - 'if fgrep Axiom build-log.txt >/dev/null; then exit 1; fi'
   - 'cat build-log.txt | egrep "[a-zA-Z0-9_/-]+ \((real|user): [0-9]" | tee build-time.txt'
-  - 'if test -n "$VALIDATE" && (( RANDOM % 10 == 0 )); then make validate; fi'
   cache:
     key: "$CI_JOB_NAME"
     paths:
@@ -60,7 +59,6 @@ build-coq.8.6.1:
   <<: *template
   variables:
     OPAM_PINS: "coq version 8.6.1"
-    VALIDATE: "1"
   artifacts:
     paths:
     - build-time.txt