diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 2969e0eb60b1b01b2d41d872fa3981dcd78b79d9..51d8fa2e89e6d53325b4ec99d7d2b78849a51628 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -45,15 +45,8 @@ ext_links:
 mkdocs:
   stage: build
   image: it4innovations/docker-mkdocscheck:latest
-  cache:
-    paths:
-      - .cache/pip
-      - venv/
   before_script:
   - python -V               # Print out python version for debugging
-  - virtualenv venv
-  - source venv/bin/activate
-  - pip install -r requirements.txt
   script:
   - mkdocs -V
     # add version to footer