diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 8c55f6a331b4063e50965cd62dfab517db4a407c..1361690b206d12c8c8f50db4444238fcee37ea0e 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ test_migrations_created:
     script:
          - cp "local_settings_ci.py" "smash/smash/local_settings.py"
          - cd smash
-         - python manage.py makemigrations --check --dry-run
+         - python manage.py makemigrations --check
          - cat web/migrations/0218_alter_studysubject_referral_letter.py
          - test 1 = $(python manage.py makemigrations --check --dry-run | grep 'No changes detected' |wc -l)