diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 43474e0dcf33ec5057eb1ec8771cac8d05ce6da4..a01b57938b1e884c5c2574a6e95336eb95ed66bb 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -61,9 +61,6 @@ build:courses:
   rules:
     - if: $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH == "develop"
     - if: $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH == "master"
-  before_script:
-    - git submodule foreach 'git stash'
-    - git submodule update --init --recursive
   script:
     - bash .ci/deploy.sh
   artifacts: