diff --git a/.gitlab/build.yml b/.gitlab/build.yml
index f2adb13cec..442793b4de 100644
--- a/.gitlab/build.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/build.yml
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@
     - section_start "gen-config" "Running gen_config.py" "collapsed"
     - |
       sed -i -E 's;git.openwrt.org/(feed|project);github.com/openwrt;' feeds.conf.default
-      export CI_BUILD_PROFILE="$(echo $CI_JOB_NAME | sed 's/build test \(.*\)/\1/')"
       scripts/gen_config.py $CI_BUILD_PROFILE 2>&1 | tee logs/build.log
       git checkout -- feeds.conf.default
     - section_end "gen-config"