diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index f7165913045398a8f2ddc63a10bed5123bf1da21..1158983babbe67dbd833fb37c96a155b0717f83f 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -498,36 +498,6 @@ test_install_debian_package:
      - test 200 = $(curl -X POST -d "login=admin&password=admin" --write-out %{http_code} --silent --output /dev/null -c cookie.txt http://localhost:8080/minerva/api/doLogin)
      - test 200 = $(curl --write-out %{http_code} --silent --output /dev/null --cookie cookie.txt http://localhost:8080/minerva/api/projects/)
 
-test_deploy_with_db_without_superadmin_rights:
-  image: maven:3.8.6-jdk-8
-  stage: test
-  services:
-    - postgres:9.6
-  dependencies:
-    - build_jar
-  tags:
-    - privileged
-  only:
-    - tags
-  script:
-    - apt-get update
-    - DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y postgresql-client screen
-    - mkdir -p /etc/minerva
-    - echo "database.uri=jdbc:postgresql://postgres:5432/test" > /etc/minerva/db.properties
-    - echo "database.username=test" >> /etc/minerva/db.properties
-    - echo "database.password=test" >> /etc/minerva/db.properties
-    - echo "CREATE DATABASE test;CREATE USER test WITH ENCRYPTED PASSWORD 'test';GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON DATABASE test TO test;" >tmp.sql
-    - PGPASSWORD=$POSTGRES_PASSWORD psql -h postgres -U $POSTGRES_USER $POSTGRES_DB < tmp.sql
-    - mkdir -p /usr/share/minerva/data/
-    - mv minerva.jar /usr/share/minerva/
-    - screen -d -m java -jar /usr/share/minerva/minerva.jar
-    - sleep 15
-    - curl http://localhost:8080/minerva/
-#test if we can login and list projects
-    - test 200 = $(curl -X POST -d "login=admin&password=admin" --write-out %{http_code} --silent --output /dev/null -c cookie.txt http://localhost:8080/minerva/api/doLogin)
-    - test 200 = $(curl --write-out %{http_code} --silent --output /dev/null --cookie cookie.txt http://localhost:8080/minerva/api/projects/)
-
-
 .test_database_template: &test_database_definition
   image: maven:3.8.6-jdk-8
   stage: test