diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 74862d81e..ef05c5c61 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -122,21 +122,6 @@ trigger:mender-qa:
       - artifact: gitlab-ci-client-qemu-publish-job.yml
         job: generate-qa-trigger
 
-trigger:mender-dist-packages:
-  stage: trigger
-  inherit:
-    variables: false
-  rules:
-    - if: '$CI_COMMIT_BRANCH == "master"'
-    - if: '$CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "schedule"'
-      when: never
-  variables:
-    MENDER_VERSION: $CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME
-    PUBLISH_MENDER_DIST_PACKAGES_AUTOMATIC: "true"
-  trigger:
-    project: Northern.tech/Mender/mender-dist-packages
-    branch: master
-
 .trigger:mender-docs-site:
   stage: trigger
   inherit: